MV Burns Harbor

History
Burns Harbor (left)
US
Name:	MV Burns Harbor
Namesake:	Bethlehem Steel's facility at Burns Harbor, Indiana
Builder:	Bay Shipbuilding Company
Yard number:	720
Launched:	1980
Identification:	Call sign: WDC6027 IMO number: 7514713
Status:	In service as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:	Lake freighter
Tonnage:	35,652 gross tonnage 33,263 net tonnage
Length:	1,000 feet (305 m) (overall) 988.8 feet (301 m)
Beam:	105 ft (32 m)
Draft:	34.75 ft (10.59 m) (Midsummer Draft) 56.7 ft (17.3 m) (hull depth)
Propulsion:	four 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 SHP

M/V 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 1000 feet long and 105 feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 80,900 deadweight tons at midsummer draft, either coal or iron ore.

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.