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Named after the Le Griffin, the first ship to vanish on the Great Lakes in 1676, the Canadian Coast Guard ship Griffin was launched in 1970. She is classified as a High Endurance Multi-Tasked vessel and works as a light icebreaker. With a crew of 25, she has a length of 234 feet and a beam of 49 feet.

Perhaps one of the most recognizable boats on the Great Lakes, Hull number 868 was launched in 1952 and christened Arthur M. Anderson after the director of United States Steel Corp. The second of the AAA Class, the Arthur M Anderson has retained her name throughout her service, as have her sister ships the Cason J Callaway and the Phillip R Clarke.

In her first full season of sailing, she made 46 trips and carried 866,855 tons of cargo.

IN 1966 a bow thruster was added and in the spring of 1975 she was lengthened from 647 feet to 767 feet. This increased her capacity from 21,000 tons to 26,525 tons.

In the 1970s, the U.S. Coast Guard experimented...

I developed an interest in photography at a young age, often following my father around while he took pictures. From that I learned the basics and purchased my first camera while still in high school. I learned more through reading and trial and error. My first formal training came in 2013 when I took a basic photography class at a community college. During high school I became fascinated with the freighters that sailed on the lakes. The boats intrigued me and for a time I wanted to work on them. My career took me down a different path, but I never lost my interest in the boats. In 2011 I combined my two interests, loading my camera in my car and chasing the boats around the lakes. I hope to highlight the hardworking ships and...