Sister ship to the rescue

Near pass of the Calumet comming to break us out of the ice on western lake Erie. We were beset with not enough horsepower to get moving on our own.

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• Calumet.

[posro1988]

this is quite an old ship..bulk carrier or general cargo?

[3mate1]

@posro1988

Bulker...

[loveunderlaw]

Few people know that the Great Lakes can be just as treacherous as the open ocean!

[3mate1]

Actually I have heard stories of guys turning down jobs that bring them on the lakes because they think these lakes are graveyards... over 6,000 wrecks out here and counting.

[3mate1]

Not much left of her in Port Colbourne... just the forward Hull and the hopper house... by now, who knows.

[ussrichardebyrd]

Hello, I have some questions if you don't mind.

1. If the Calumet stopped would she get stuck too?

2. How thick is the ice, and what month is it?

3. Why/how did the Maumee stop/get stuck?

4. How many passes did it take to break up enough ice to get the Maumee going again.

5. How big is the turning radius, in that ice, for the Calumet, and how long did it take for each pass?

Thanks for the trouble, great video!

[3mate1]

It was only one pass, as she was headed passed us anyways on her way to South East Shoal Passage...

The Ice was about half foot to 1 foot brash but was packed in by heavy winds for 2days so the water was like a thick slushy by this time.

The Maumee only has 3300HP we were  stopped by a windrow(pressure ridge/s)

Id have to look up the advance and transfer data on the Calumets bridge to tell you that info... but since the Cal was scrapped thats impossible now.

Sorry its late

[Airsoftmasterking]

Self unloader, i was engineering cadet on an ice breaker and we had to get more than one ship out of the ice

[scotty2307]

I have noticed that many of the lake boats look rusty and otherwise unkempt compared to sea going ships. Is it just that they tend to have longer service lives or is there just not enough profit to keep them well maintained? This is not a criticism, only an observation.

[doughesson]

I work on the river & not enough horsepower is a common enough complaint from captains & pilots.3300hp used to be a big towboat but now 10500 bhp boats are running on the Lower Mississippi while the 3000s go on the Upper & Ohio Rivers.

[loveunderlaw]

@greenbeld Have you ever been out on any of the Great Lakes during a real storm? It can be quite a very harrowing experience! I'm sad they killed off the Fast Ferry between Rochester, NY, & Toronto, CA. That was a great idea, very fun experience too:)

[greenbeld]

@loveunderlaw I for one know, just because im from ss marie and know some people who sail. Thanks for posting this...

[kalbokanamaneh]

how many gross tons of calumet? im sure its pretty big.

[JetMechMA]

The Calumet. That reminds me of the Calumet harbor near Chicago. What ever happened to that? How come it never panned out like they thought it would? Chicago is America's second city, you would think that the Calumet harbor would have been nearly as busy as Long Beach or Oakland...whatever. The slips are still visible in Google Earth.

[jbb621]

ive guarded that ship before. if i can ask, what did u have to do to get a job on the maumee?

[Sarge679]

RIP S.S. Calumet 1929-2009