Name MV Buffalo Status In service as of 2015 Launched 1978 | Yard number 721 Class and type Lake freighter Length 188 m | |
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Builder Bay Shipbuilding Company Identification Call sign WXS6134
IMO number 7620653 | ||
M/V Buffalo is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1978 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 634 feet 10 inches (193.50 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, gypsum, coal or iron ore.
History
The ship was built for American Steamship in 1978 and named for Buffalo, New York, where the company was founded.
References
MV Buffalo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA