Grand Haven Bound
by Gales Of November
Title
Grand Haven Bound
Artist
Gales Of November
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
In 1949 Inland Steel Company received their new bulk freighter, the Wilfred Sykes. She was the first American built Great lakes ship built after World War II and as was fitting, was the largest ship plying the Lakes. She was also the first new ship to use bunker fuel instead of coal. She was designed so that the crew could go anywhere onboard without having to go outside.
She was sold to a Netherlands based company in 1998 who then sold them to Central Marine Logistics.
She is 671 feet long , has a beam of 70 feet and has a cargo capacity of 21,500 tons of cargo.
As of 2016 she has been sailing for 67 years and is one of the few remaining classic lakers left sailing. Throughout it all, she has retained her name.
Here the Wilfred Sykes enters the Grand Haven River on a July evening.
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July 17th, 2016
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