Engineering:MV Sam Laud
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 Sam Laud
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| Name: | MV Sam Laud |
| Builder: | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
| Yard number: | 712[1][2] |
| Launched: | 1975[1] |
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| Status: | In service as of 2019 |
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| Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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| Beam: | 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1] |
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| Propulsion: | two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[3] |
M/V Sam Laud is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1975 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 634 feet 10 inches (193.50 m) long and 68.1 feet (20.8 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, gypsum, coal or iron ore.[3]
History
The ship was built for American Steamship in 1975 and named for GATX's former chairman, Sam Laud (1896-1963).[3] GATX had just acquired American Steamship in 1973. In service as of 4/7/2019
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=564002. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703093316/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/bay.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "M/V Sam Laud". http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/mv-sam-laud.php.
External links
- Wharton, George. "Sam Laud". http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/samlaud.htm.
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