MV Burns Harbor
Burns Harbor (left) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Burns Harbor |
| Namesake | Bethlehem Steel's facility at Burns Harbor, Indiana |
| Owner | American Steamship Company |
| Operator | American Steamship Company |
| Ordered | 1978 |
| Builder | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
| Yard number | 720[1][2] |
| Laid down | 16 April 1979 |
| Launched | 1980[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service as of 2025 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 105 ft (32 m)[1] |
| Draft | |
| Propulsion | four 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 shp (10,000 kW)[3] |
MV Burns Harbor is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1980 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 1,000 feet long and 105 feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 80,900 deadweight tons at midsummer draft, either coal or iron ore.
History
The ship was built for Bethlehem Steel and named for their steel mill in Burns Harbor, Indiana. Burns Harbor made its first voyage September 28, 1980 to on-load iron ore in Superior, Wisconsin. American Steamship Company acquired Burns Harbor in 2005.[3] The ship belongs to the same class as fleet mates Walter J McCarthy Jr, Indiana Harbor, American Integrity, and American Century, however Burns Harbor features an extra deck on the aft superstructure, which differentiates it.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ^ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "M/V Burns Harbor". American Steamship.