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Lakers Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII

Most recent update: May 23, 2020.

All the 50 lakers built in U.S. shipyards since WWII were built for domestic trading.

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Year Name Customer Builder O/N GT DWT Price ($M) Notes
1950 Wilfred Sykes Inland Steel AmShip Lorain 866 259193 11,700 21,800
1952 Philip R. Clarke U.S. Steel AmShip Lorain 867 263699 12,300 27,100
1952 Arthur M. Anderson U.S. Steel AmShip Lorain 868 264207 12,300 27,100
1953 Ernest T. Weir National Steel AmShip Lorain 869 265246 11,700 23,000 Courtney Burton 1978, American Fortitude 2006, scrapped 2015
1953 Armco Oglebay Norton AmShip Lorain 870 265621 12,400 25,700 American Valor 2006, laid up, Valo (Canada)
1972 Roger Blough U.S. Steel AmShip Lorain 900 533062 26,000 45,000 20.0
1973 William R. Roesch Oglebay Norton AmShip Lorain 901 549231 9,639 19,000 11.7 David Z. Norton 1995, Calumet
1973 Paul Thayer Oglebay Norton AmShip Lorain 902 552395 9,639 19,000 11.7 Earl W. Oglebay 1995, Manitowoc
1974 Wolverine Oglebay Norton AmShip Lorain 903 560339 10,037 20,000 13.0 Robert S. Pierson (Canada) 2008
1976 James R. Barker Interlake Steamship AmShip Lorain 905 573682 33,000 59,000 35.0
1977 Mesabi Miner Interlake Steamship AmShip Lorain 906 581479 33,000 59,000 35.0
1978 George A. Stinson American Steamship AmShip Lorain 907 595539 32,000 59,000 35.0 American Spirit 2004
1980 Edgar B. Speer U.S. Steel AmShip Lorain 908 621104 35,000 60,000 45.0
1981 William J. Delancey Pickands Mather AmShip Lorain 909 631668 34,500 61,000 50.0 Paul R. Tregurtha 1990
1952 Edward B. Greene American Steamship AmShip Toledo 189 263980 12,000 25,300 Benson Ford 1985, Kaye E. Barker 1989
1958 John Sherwin American Steamship AmShip Toledo 192 276445 16,000 33,300 laid up
1959 Shenango II American Steamship AmShip Toledo 193 278807 16,300 31,100 Charles M. Beeghly 1967, Hon. James L. Oberstar 2012
1973 Roger M. Keyes American Steamship AmShip Toledo 200 550520 15,674 30,000 12.5 Adam E. Cornelius 1989, Algoma Compass (Canada)
1973 Charles E. Wilson American Steamship Bay SB 710 550954 13,862 27,000 12.5 John J. Boland 2000
1974 H. Lee White American Steamship Bay SB 711 556460 14,499 30,000 15.0
1975 Sam Laud American Steamship Bay SB 712 564002 11,619 23,000 12.5
1976 St. Clair American Steamship Bay SB 714 571875 25,000 42,000 22.0
1976 Joseph L. Block Inland Steel Bay SB 715 574870 15,600 31,300 20.0
1977 Belle River American Steamship Bay SB 716 585852 40,000 60,000 30.0 Walter J. McCarthy 1990
1978 Lewis Wilson Foy Oglebay Norton Bay SB 717 592377 40,000 60,000 30.0 Oglebay Norton 1991, American Integrity 2006
1979 Edwin H. Gott U.S. Steel Bay SB 718 600648 40,000 62,000 30.0
1979 Indiana Harbor American Steamship Bay SB 719 610401 40,000 62,000 30.0
1980 Burns Harbor Bethlehem Steel Bay SB 720 618479 40,000 62,000 30.0
1978 Buffalo American Steamship Bay SB 721 596352 12,000 23,300 20.0 Algoma Buffalo 2017
1979 Fred R. White, Jr. Oglebay Norton Bay SB 722 606421 12,000 23,300 20.0 American Courage 2006
1980 Chicago American Steamship Bay SB 723 619736 15,000 32,000 30.0 American Mariner 2006
1981 Cuyahoga American Steamship Bay SB 724 633579 12,000 23,300 25.0 American Republic 2006, Great Republic 2012
1981 Columbia Star Oglebay Norton Bay SB 726 635289 33,000 61,500 50.0 American Century 2006
1952 Johnstown Bethlehem Steel Bethlehem SP 4504 263877 11,700 22,400 scrapped 1985
1952 Sparrows Point Bethlehem Steel Bethlehem SP 4505 264391 11,700 22,400 Buckeye 1990, barge 2006, Lewis J. Kuber 2008, Menominee 2017
1952 Elton Hoyt 2nd Pickands Mather Bethlehem SP 4512 264126 11,000 22,200 Michipicoten 2003
1952 Charles L. Hutchinson Pioneer Steamship Defoe Sbldg. 422 265808 11,100 18,600 Ernest B Breech 1962, Kinsman Independent 1988, Voyageur Independent (Canada) 2004, Ojibway
1972 Stewart J. Cort Bethlehem Steel Erie Marine 101 532272 25,400 52,000 18.0
1952 Cason J. Calloway US Steel Great Lakes Eng. 297 264349 12,300 26,800
1952 J. L. Mauthe Pickands Mather Great Lakes Eng. 298 264738 11,500 21,800 Pathfinder 2002
1953 Reserve Oglebay Norton Great Lakes Eng. 299 265360 13,800 26,800 barge 2006, James L. Kuber 2008, Maumee 2019
1953 William Clay Ford Ford Motor Co. Great Lakes Eng. 300 266029 12,500 26,800 scrapped 1987
1959 Edmund Fitzgerald Oglebay Norton Great Lakes Eng. 301 277437 13,500 26,800 lost 1975
1959 Herbert C. Jackson Pickands Mather Great Lakes Eng. 302 278780 12,300 26,800
1960 Arthur B. Homer Bethlehem Steel Great Lakes Eng. 303 280946 13,500 26,800 scrapped
1952 John G. Munson US Steel Manitowoc 415 264136 11,000 26,800
1953 John J. Boland American Steamship Manitowoc 417 266270 11,000 21,800 Saginaw (Canada) 1999
1955 Detroit Edison American Steamship Manitowoc 418 269187 11,000 21,800 scrapped 1987
1959 Adam E. Cornelius American Steamship Manitowoc 424 278853 11,000 26,800 Capt Edward V. Smith 1989, Sea Barge One, Sarah Spencer, scrapped 2019
1960 Sir Edward L. Ryerson Inland Steel Manitowoc 425 282106 11,000 34,900 laid up 2010

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