MV Paul R. Tregurtha
MV Paul R. Tregurtha laid up over the winter in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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| Name: | Paul R. Tregurtha |
| Owner: | Interlake Steamship Company |
| Operator: | Interlake Steamship Company |
| Port of registry: |
 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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| Builder: | American Ship Building Company |
| Yard number: | 909 |
| Laid down: | July 12, 1979 |
| Launched: | February 4, 1981 |
| Christened: | April 25, 1981 |
| Maiden voyage: | May 10, 1981 |
| Identification: | WYR4481 |
| Nickname(s): | The Big Paul, Fancy De Lancey |
| Status: | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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| Length: | 1,013 ft (309 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Depth: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Installed power: | 2x MaK M43C 6-Cylinder Inline Four-Stroke Diesel Engines Rated at 8,560 b.h.p each |
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| Speed: | 15.5 knots |
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MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes (the largest ship operating on the Great Lakes complex). Launched as the William J. De Lancey, she was the last of the 13 "thousand footers" to enter service on the Great Lakes, and was also the last Great Lakes vessel built at the American Ship Building Company yard in Lorain, Ohio.
The Interlake Steamship Company was given a contract in 1979 by its customer Republic Steel, to transport iron ore from Lake Superior ports to their steel mill at Indiana Harbor, or to their transshipment terminal at Lorain.
Designed by the American Ship Building Company to fulfil two briefs:
With the second brief in mind, she was one of the first freighters with full air conditioning, elevators, and luxurious décor. Built in two parts, her keel was laid down on July 12, 1979, at the American Ship Building Company yard in Toledo, Ohio. On completion, the forward section was towed to their yard in Lorain, where it was mated with the stern portion. The completed hull No. 909 has a total length of 1,013 feet (309 m).
Stephens-Adamson designed a loop belt elevator system, that feeds a stern mounted 79.25 meters (260.0 ft) discharge boom that can be swung 100 degrees to port or starboard. Capable of unloading at a rate of 10,000 long tons of iron ore per hour, or 6,000 net tons of coal per hour, the total system displaces 14,497 tons.
Formally launched on February 4, 1981, the vessel was christened on April 25, 1981, as the William J. De Lancey, named in honor of Republic Steel's chairman who participated in the launch. In 1990 she received her current name. Paul R. Tregurtha, born 1935, was the Vice Chairman of Interlake Steamship Company's Board.
The William J. De Lancey departed Lorain on her maiden voyage May 10, 1981, sailing in ballast to Silver Bay, Minnesota, to load 55,944 tons of iron ore pellets. She arrived back in Lorain on May 16, 1981. She holds a number of cargo records:
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