The ship, operated by Keystone Shipping, was docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for winter. The NTSB incident report released on August 17th, 2022, said, the probable cause of the engine room fire on the Roger Blough was likely the repeated removal and reinstallation of the furnaces burner that led to the failure in its mounting coupling. The fire resulted in the NTSB recommending that the U.S. Coast Guard and ABS should develop standards for furnace installations in line with the National Fire Protection Associations guidelines to MarineLink.com. The final Canadian laker to be built in the traditional style was the Algosoo of 1974. Blu-tak can be seen under one of the passengers when Roger Blough's driver speaks to the stationmaster. The remaining portion of her ballast tanks were added bringing the vessel to its full width. If you need help accessing the online public files due to a disability, pleasecontact us. From $26.95 11oz Mug Stewart J. Cort Great Lakes Freighters -3127. The ferry Starlight Saturn went aground at about 1600 on Tuesday on Danajon Bank while under way from Surigao to Cebu. 1.2.1 1000-footers; 1.2.2 Integrated tug-barges; 1.3 Museum ships; . They are organized by fleet owner/operator. by Travelled distance : Port Calls: 14: Average / Max Speed : Min / Max Draught (m) Welcome to the online home of Freighters Newsletter, the bi-monthly publication of Shipwatcher News. Local fire stations on scene and attempting to control the fire from other vessels. ago I heard she's heading to Conneaut OH for layup, what source definitively says she's being scrapped? ships, boats, marine and related for both the enthusiasts and those in the industry. Workers at Bay Shipbuilding reported the fire at 0138 after noticing thick black smoke rising from the stack. Initially powered by a steam engine, the vessel was converted to diesel power in 1985. In the last 24 hours we had their answer.[7] Blough and U.S. Steel rolled back the threatened price hike. Northern Waters Smokehaus plans move to former Amazing Grace Cafe. No one was injured. Canadian National referred questions about the incident to Keystone, which did not respond to an inquiry. Mega container ship mass containers loss, North Pacific UPDATE confirmed MSC. The sole caretaker on board safely escaped to the pier, and no pollution was reported. Wharton, George. On Feb. 1, 2021, the Roger Blough was moored in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in winter layup. All U. S. ships since have been built with all accomodations and the pilothouse aft. Built in two sections. The firefighters started arriving 4 minutes after they were paged. Tunnels were added in her stern to improve water flow. Regular price $13.95 . The ship was among just a few launched before 1950 still plying the lakes. ROGER BLOUGH Current Position Where is the current position of ROGER BLOUGH presently? It takes a while to cool the steel enough so you dont get reignition and to operate within it. $100. Firefighters arrived within four minutes but struggled to access the vessel due to smoke and intense heat. The same name may apply to four or even five different ships. John F. Devendorf, 1996. 324 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, USA 2021-Feb-01. The U.S.-flagged Roger Blough was built in the early 1970s at the American Ship Building Co. yard in Ohio. The man was able to self-rescue, Dietman said. In 2016, the Roger Blough anchored at Waiska Bay after running aground on a reef in . The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough. The Roger Blough was finally launched on June 3, 1972 and entered service on June 15th. "We were very fortunate,". Although the firm employed more than 30,000 workers in Birmingham, Ala., company president Blough in 1963 "went out of his way to announce that any attempt to use his company position in Birmingham to pressure local whites was 'repugnant to me personally' and 'repugnant to my fellow officers at U.S. Led U.S. Steel for 13 Years", "ROGER M. BLOUGH, 81, DIES; LED U.S. STEEL FOR 13 YEARS", The Business Council, Official website, Background, "The Charlotte Observer 20 Aug 1972, page 65", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Blough&oldid=1138823900, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 20:57. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. Total damage exceeded $150 million. All Rights Reserved. From $8.95 Photo Great Lake Freighter Roger Blough -9296. They are organized by fleet owner/operator. [14] [15] See also [ edit] The bulk carrier was docked at . The stern accomodations and engineering block had to be repaired and refinished, and her engines replaced, a task that added $13 Million to the project. [7], Blough stubbornly resisted Kennedy administration efforts to enlist Alabama businesses to support desegregation of the University of Alabama, which race-baiting Gov. On October 27, 2022, the Blough was towed from Sturgeon Bay, WI, to Conneaut, OH, by the tugs Meredith Ashton and Candace Elise, arriving at November 1, 2022. Roger Blough damaged in Wisconsin fire New Soo Lock gets $480M in president's 2022 budget Wreck of the Contest re-emerges from Lake Michigan Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find ship lost in 1899. The shipkeeper on board departed the vessel without injury. A tugboat shifted the vessel about 20 feet to port, creating separation on the starboard side for better access. The American Mariner and John J. Boland were on the other side of the Blough. He hoped the Blough would get back there. Oil dripped onto a lightbulb, causing . 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. All Right Reserved. Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 90. The Blough suffered a major engine room fire on June 24, 1971, resulting in the destruction of the aft section of the ship and the deaths of four shipyard workers. You cant be rushing in. Her IMO number is 7222138 and MMSI number is 366972030. The National Fire Protection Association recommends that furnace burners have a fire-activated quick-closing valve - but the NFPA standard does not yet extend to vessels. 1972 Roger Blough. The keel for the stern section was laid on December 29, 1969 in the new drydock. Roger Blough. [2] In this position, he is best known for serving as the American steel industry's principal spokesman when the industry clashed in April 1962 with President John F. Kennedy on the issue of commodity steel prices. The total damage was $4.5 million. The Mississagi nearly collided with a Port Huron seawall in 2004. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH caught fire on Feb 1 in Wisconsin shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, USA, where the ship was docked for a winter lay-up. This is the seventh generation of the original Shipwatcher News newsletter started in 2014. Get the details of the current Voyage of ROGER BLOUGH including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 7222138, MMSI 366972030, Call Sign WDH7559 What they found was a boat on fire that was sandwiched by others. Scrap metal can be turned into anything, he said. Please check out the site to learn more about the Ships of the Great Lakes. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. SAULT STE. Keystone officials at the time attributed the layup of the ship and two other bulk carriers, Philip R. Clarke and Edgar B. Speer, to the pandemic-related economic slowdown. on Friday, Oct. 8 and arrived at the Purvis Marine Scrapyard in Sault Ste. National Transportation Safety Board investigators were unable to determine with certainty what caused the fire, which started in an engine room workshop. The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load. The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. A sunken tanker is spilling petroleum into the water off the coast of Balingawan Point, Mindoro, in the Philippines' Tayabas Bay. The boat is saved; its floating, its secure and stable.". Vessels owned by Indiana Harbor Steamship Company, managed by Central Marine Logistics, Griffith, IN under charter to Cleveland-Cliffs. And shes definitely a favorite of mine.. She finally entered service on June 15th, a little over a month after the first 1,000 footer Stewart J. Cort sailed on her maiden voyage. Marie. All rights reserved (About Us). Rumors heard that the price to repair the ship was more then what it was worth due to its bad fires it had onboard. Vessel ROGER BLOUGH is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of United States of America . [6], She was stuck in the ice in Lake Erie near Conneaut, Ohio for eight days in February 1979[7] and then was laid up from 1981 to 1987 due to the economy and the capacity of the newer 1,000 feet (300m) lake freighters. San Diego, CA 92110. Once we got that controlled, everything got better pretty quick, the fire chief said. Just weeks ago, the Roger Blough caught fire while laid up at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Marie, Ont. Though Blough has no sister ship, it shares a pilothouse trait with the Fitzgerald; both appear to be topped with what looks like the bill of a cap. The woman in green's hat changes from green to brown. The 858-foot-long, self-unloading freighter was supposed to launch in July 1971, but an engine room fire that . He spent much of his free time in a large Victorian Home in Hawley, PA that had been passed down through his wife's family. Vessel Utilization. The vessel left Sturgeon Bay with the assistance of tug boats. Mar 1, 2023 9:01 PM by Even before Blough was launched in 1972, the ore boat was exposed to the perils of its kind. 2021; 2020; No data available. According to the National Transportation Safety Board's August 17, 2022, incident report[16] "the probable cause of the engine room fire aboard the bulk carrier Roger Blough was likely the repeated removal and reinstallation of the furnaces burner that led to the failure of its mounting coupling, resulting in the operating burner dropping to the bottom of its enclosure and fracturing its fuel supply line, which allowed diesel fuel to ignite. Roger Blough refloated a week and a half after the incident after its cargo was offloaded to the laker Philip R. Clarke. 1 Current boats. The shipbuilding company said it was awaiting the results of the investigations. Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:26am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:23am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 7:28am, Posted Friday, February 24th, 2023 1:51pm. In 1988, majority stock in USS Great Lakes Fleet was acquired by Blackstone Capital Partners. on Sunday, Oct. 10. A fire killed four aboard the boat in 1971, delaying its arrival by a year, according to a history of the Blough on Boatnerd.com. [3][4] However, on June 24, 1971, the ship suffered a major engine room fire which killed four and caused serious damage. Mar 1, 2023 10:34 PM by More holes were cut into other parts of the aft section, including into the cargo tunnels. They attempted entry but it was so thick they had to back out.. [9] She remained aground on May 29, 2016 near Gros Cap Reefs Light with the United States Coast Guard vessel USCGCMobile Bay on station monitoring the situation and enforcing a 500-yard (460m) safety zone around the vessel. A native of Ashland, he said he knows the port of Duluth-Superior well. Copyright 2021 Maritime Publishing. Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH caught fire on Feb 1 in Wisconsin shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, USA, where the ship was docked for a winter lay-up. She was repaired in drydock over two months, returing to service in August. Berry, Sterling P. Blough, Roger. Bow section: Keel laid Sept 3, 1968; launched Dec 21, 1968. From the get-go, tragedy surrounded the ship. She hauled a lot of salt in her final years, which really does eat away at the innards of those things, he said. On October 27, 2022, the MV Roger Blough departed Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay under tow, destined for Conneaut, OH, for long term layup. The Blough was the final U.S. laker to be constructed in the traditional style, with the pilothouse and cabins forward and the engine room aft. All posts to be in English Roger Blough suffers major fire in layup Building the International Great Lakes Datum In the Design: Automation - A look into the increased use of automation on Great Lakes ships Featured Vessel: Mississagi #54 Freighters November-December 2020 #54 Freighters Nov-Dec 2020 Download Introducing Michigan Trader and Dirk S. VanEnkevort Banner Graphics designed by Free Eyes FM, Fred Miller III, Design a site like this with WordPress.com, https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/b/blough-roger, http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/RogerBlough.htm. Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, managed by Inland Lakes Management. [5], The Roger Blough assisted in the search for SSEdmund Fitzgerald. We see that you have javascript disabled. 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Following the Feb. 1 fire, Dietman described Roger Bloughs interior spaces as filthy, nasty and dirty from soot and fire, with serious fire damage below deck. She suffered extensive damage to her aft accommodations, unloading equipment, and engine room. Roger Blough on the way to the scrapyard 1 / 4 Roger Blough last trip though the Straits of Mackinac 35 8 8 comments Add a Comment big-rigging-hours 2 mo. Pp. On November 11, 1975, the morning after the sinking, the crew of the Roger Blough recovered a 25-person life raft from the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Maritime Executive, Published [5], As a consequence of this inflation, Blough told the White House in April 1962 that it was the intent of the U.S. steel industry to raise a basket of steel prices by a scale averaging $6.00/ton. Roger Blough was tied up between Interlake Steamship Co.s James R. Barker and American Steamship Co.s American Mariner. Mar 1, 2023 8:15 PM by N.d. Accessed 17 April 2020. The Roger Blough lost her rudder in the lower St. Marys River in August 2006 while downbound with ore for Gary, Indiana. The vessel ROGER BLOUGH (IMO: 7222138 ) is a Self Discharging Bulk Carrier built in 1972 (50 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Unknown. The Blough was nearing the end of its construction when fire broke out, killing four workers. Report IDs mariners' errors in Blough ship grounding Keystone Shipping Co., based outside Philadelphia, operates the vessel. The 858-foot bulk carrier caught fire early on Feb. 1 while docked at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for an extended layup. Her fleetmate Edgar B. Speer, also bound for Gary, arrived on August 9, towing the Blough side-by-side to Gary where they unloaded. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. The M/V Roger Blough left Sturgeon Bay on Thursday morning after spending more than a year sitting in lay-up following the blaze that the National Transportation Safety Board estimates caused. Initial Notification: On February 1, 2021, the USCG notified the NOAA SSC of an 833-foot laid-up vessel on fire in a marina. At about 1:30 a.m., fire broke out on the bulk carrier Roger Blough. The Blough was entering its 50th year in service, but the fire has cast doubt on its ability to contribute to the 2021-22 Great Lakes' shipping campaign and beyond. And at that point we knew we had a belt fire, Dietman said, referring to the thick rubber conveyor belt. Whenever there is a serious fire aboard a vessel, there is always a long . The Roger Blough will be scrapped at either Port Colborne or Escanaba. Vessels owned by American Transport Leasing, operated by Andrie, Inc., under cargo contract to Lafarge Holcim. 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