Name MV American Courage Status In service as of 2015 Launched 1979 | Yard number 722 Class and type Lake freighter Length 188 m | |
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Builder Bay Shipbuilding Company Identification Call sign WDD2879
IMO number 7634226 | ||
M/V American Courage is a very large diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 635 feet (194 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, coal or iron ore.
History
The ship was built for Oglebay Norton Corporation in 1979 and named Fred R. White, Jr. for the company's former vice president and director. American Courage made its first voyage in May 1979 to on-load iron ore in Escanaba, Michigan. American Steamship Company acquired American Courage in 2006.
References
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