![]() In 1989, the ship was purchased by Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wisconsin, which shortened her by 120 feet (37 m) and converted her into a self-unloading cement carrier. ![]() After also hauling grain in addition to ore in the 1960s and 1970s, the ship was put into storage in 1982. She was originally owned by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company, a subsidiary of United States Steel. She was built in 1942 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan, to carry iron ore. The SS Alpena (formerly the SS Leon Fraser) is a lake freighter. ![]() Andrie Transportation Group, Inland Lakes Managementĥ19 feet (158 m) (since 1991), 639 feet (195 m) (1942–91)ĭeLaval Steam Turbine Company steam turbine engine, two Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilersġ6 miles per hour (26 km/h) (unloaded), 14.5 miles per hour (23.3 km/h) (fully loaded)ġ4,000 long tons (14,000 t) (since 1991), 18,600 long tons (18,900 t) (1942–91) ![]()
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