Calumet (ship, 1973)
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MV ''Calumet'' is Great Lakes
bulk freighter A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, econ ...
currently in operation.


Ship history

The ship was built in 1973 by the
American Ship Building Company The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed its name to t ...
at
Lorain, Ohio Lorain () is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65 ...
as the ''William R. Roesch'' for the Union Commerce Bank, Ohio, and managed by Kinsman Marine Transit. The ''Roesch'' sailed for the subsidiary of Oglebay-Norton Marine, the Pringle Transit Company, from 1976 to 1994, when she was transferred to Oglebay-Norton, which also marked the end of Pringle Transit. She was renamed ''David Z. Norton'', after company founder David Zadock Norton on March 31, 1995. In 2006, Oglebay-Norton sold its fleet of River class ships to Grand River Navigation and the
Wisconsin and Michigan Steamship Company Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michi ...
of Avon Lake and Lakewood, Ohio. The ''Norton'' went to the WAMSC, along with ''Earl W. Oglebay'' and ''Wolverine'', and was renamed ''David Z.''. The ship was sold to Rand Logistics in 2008, being renamed ''Calumet'', after the original ''Calumet'', built in 1929 for US Steel, which was scrapped in 2007. On October 21, 2021 MV Calumet ran aground near the
Lake State Railway Lake State Railway is a railroad operating in the Saginaw Valley and northeastern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The railroad moves large quantities of aggregate and limestone, as well as coal, grain, and chemical products. Some of ...
swing bridge across the Saginaw River in Bay City but was quickly freed by tugs.


References

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