In the month leading up to the fire, the chief engineer and an OEM service tech had removed and reinstalled the burner multiple times while troubleshooting; the repeated removal likely damaged the burner's mounting coupling, leading to its failure, NTSB determined. Those details and others were pulled. The vessel left Sturgeon Bay with the assistance of tug boats. When Roger Blough passes H. Lee White under the bridge, H. Lee White's coaches slow to a stop at the end of the screen. He was 81. The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load. August 7, 2017 at 10:38 p.m. DULUTH, Minn. The ship master and "an observing captain" entered the pilothouse of the Roger Blough seven minutes before she ran aground on May 27, 2016. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. She was a busy boat right up to the end, said Roger LeLievre, editor and publisher of the annual Know Your Ships guide to Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway boat-watching. Roger Bloughs crew ultimately recovered a 25-person life raft from the ill-fated ship. Contributing to the casualty was the absence of a fire-activated automatic fuel oil shutoff valve on the fuel oil inlet piping before the burner, which would have stopped the fuel feeding the fire shortly after it started and limited the spread of the fire.". Marie. Miller, Al. He hoped the Blough would get back there. Mar 1, 2023 8:15 PM by Key Lakes did not respond to inquiries about what it might have planned for the ship. She was a frequent sight on the Saginaw River, often juxtaposed against speedboats and various sailing vessels during regular Tall Ships celebrations in Bay City. on Sunday, Oct. 10. In addition, the furnace had no fire-activated automatic fuel oil shutoff valve on the piping before the burner, which would have stopped the fuel feeding the fire and limited its spread. The Roger Blough was docked at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding facility on Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin when a fire started in the engine room on February 1, 2021. 3980 Sherman St., Ste 100 6.1k members in the Ships community. The burner assembly's mounting coupling broke, and the burner dropped and fractured its own fuel line, igniting a fire. Edit- Also nice cats Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:26am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 8:23am, Posted Monday, February 27th, 2023 7:28am, Posted Friday, February 24th, 2023 1:51pm. Shes a unique ship, Dietman said. This was worse than that one, Dietman said. Between issues, check the Newsfeed page for other updates. Marie, Michigan, on Aug 13 gave the "Roger Blough" permission Saturday to transit down the St. Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay in the vicinity of DeTour Village, Michigan. The same name may apply to four or even five different ships. She survived a 2015 fire after welding sparks ignited while docked in Hamilton, Ont. Roger Blough Tribute (1972-2022) Lake Freighter Salutes & More. The ships future is very unclear (as of November 2021), however there are possible indications, including visible repair efforts to the vessels aft section, that the ship is salvageable and the funds needed for repair work ($20 million) are available, barring no additional complications. Published 2023 WBDK/WRKU/WRLU/WSBW, New Radio, Inc. Bridging the Gap with Stoneman-Schopf Agency. Tunnels were added in her stern to improve water flow. Neither of those ships caught fire, but James R. Barker sustained modest smoke damage in some aft internal spaces, Dietman said. The Mississagi was built for $2.2 million at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge for the U.S. Maritime Commission under a war supply chain program and launched on Dec. 23, 1942. The M/V Roger Blough left Sturgeon Bay on Thursday morning after spending more than a year sitting in lay-up following the blaze that the National Transportation Safety Board estimates caused. Algoma Central Corporation, St. Catharines, ON Algoma Buffalo Algoma Compass Algoma Conveyor Algoma Discovery Algoma Equinox Algoma Guardian Algoma Harvester Algoma Innovator Algoma Intrepid Algoma Mariner Algoma Niagara Algoma Sault Algoma Strongfield Algoma Transport Captain Henry Jackman {2 . Firefighters arrived within four minutes but struggled to access the vessel due to smoke and intense heat. [3], Blough attended Susquehanna University and was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity. He spent much of his free time in a large Victorian Home in Hawley, PA that had been passed down through his wife's family. They are organized by fleet owner/operator. At the time of the incident, the Roger Blough was in winter lay-up at . Canadian National referred questions about the incident to Keystone, which did not respond to an inquiry. The Mississagi nearly collided with a Port Huron seawall in 2004. She was tied up at the old coal dock slip for continued layup. Four years later, in November 1975, the bulker assisted in the search for the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Published Following college he was basketball coach and math teacher. Mar 1, 2023 11:01 PM by Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH, IMO 7222138, dwt 47280, built 1972, flag USA, manager KEYSTONE SHIPPING CO. Post navigation. Days after a fire consumed one of the lake freighters most well-known to the Twin Ports, its still too soon to know what its prognosis is. The Mississagi was among the last ships of its era on the Great Lakes. Roger Blough towed to Conneaut Are forward accommodations rising back to the top of ship design trends? Check back often for new listings! No casualties were reported as the ship was empty and in winter layup when the fire started. The lack of regulations or classification standards related to diesel oil-fired air heating furnace construction, installation, safety shutdowns, and system alarms poses a risk to life and property if the equipment is not installed and maintained to standards similar to those in place for other oil-fired equipment.. He earned a bachelor of arts degree at Susquehanna University. The Roger Blough was finally launched on June 3, 1972 and entered service on June 15th. Investigators looked at several factors, including VTS activities and the role that squat played in the accident. The Roger Blough being towed downriver to a scrapyard after an engine fire. A public-private research team has located an exceptional and rare find on the bottom of Lake Huron: the wreck of a 190-foot sailing vessel with all three of its original masts still upright and standing. The American Mariner and John J. Boland were on the other side of the Blough. The Blough also has a tragic fire in its very early history. Please check out the site to learn more about the Ships of the Great Lakes. Main ship particulars are length of 277 m and beam of 34 m. Roger M. Blough (January 19, 1904 October 8, 1985)[2] was the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the United States Steel Corporation for 13 years, from May 1955 through January 1969. Blu-tak can be seen under one of the passengers when Roger Blough's driver speaks to the stationmaster. [2] While at U.S. Steel, he often started his day at 4 or 5 a.m. and rarely ended the before 7 or 8pm. [11] The vessel was refloated off the reef at 10:45 AM, June 4, and anchored at Waiska Bay for further evaluation or repairs. Self-discharging bulk carrier ROGER BLOUGH caught fire on Feb 1 in Wisconsin shipyard, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, USA, where the ship was docked for a winter lay-up. Pp. 934 talking about this. As a young freighter, the Roger Blough, in 1975, returned from its path to search for the sunken Edmund Fitzgerald on the eastern end of Lake Superior. 188. Posted About Four Months Ago Launched amid World War II, the 620-foot ship would have been eligible to collect social security checks about 15 years ago were it a person. Responders cut Roger Blough loose from the two surrounding ships in case the situation escalated. Mega container ship mass containers loss, North Pacific UPDATE confirmed MSC. Some time ago I asked each American to consider what he would do for his country and I asked the steel companies. Led U.S. Steel for 13 Years", "ROGER M. BLOUGH, 81, DIES; LED U.S. STEEL FOR 13 YEARS", The Business Council, Official website, Background, "The Charlotte Observer 20 Aug 1972, page 65", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Blough&oldid=1138823900, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 February 2023, at 20:57. Everyone in different parts of the Great Lakes has their different favorites. The total damage was $4.5 million. The Maritime Executive. Tunnels added to stern section for better water flow to propeller. The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough. Blackstone Capital Partners sold the fleet in 2004, being renamed Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. after ownership was transferred to the Canadian National Railway. 1.2.1 1000-footers; 1.2.2 Integrated tug-barges; 1.3 Museum ships; . Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. The fire aboard the 47-year-old M/V Roger Blough was reported at around 3AM Monday. The NTSB's investigators determined that the fire started with a diesel furnace which had been installed in the engine room to keep it warm overwinter. 2021; 2020; No data available. The Roger Blough was finally launched on June 3, 1972 and entered service on June 15th. The temperature exceeded 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit on the 01 deck, causing firefighters boots to stick to the deck on which they were standing. MV Roger Blough is a ship built in 1972 by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. We see that you have javascript disabled. "We were very fortunate,". They attempted entry but it was so thick they had to back out.. Once the fire started, a central alarm system went off and automatically notified a list of company contacts. She also was quickly added to the winter navigation fleet, and it was noted that on January 11, 1973, she struck the stern of her fleetmate Philip R. Clarke while in an ice convoy in the Straits of Mackinaw. The vessel ROGER BLOUGH (IMO: 7222138 ) is a Self Discharging Bulk Carrier built in 1972 (50 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Unknown. 4.7. The shipkeeper was not on the list, and he only woke up seven minutes later when the fire alarm in his cabin went off. We treat them like dead-in-the-water floating vessels, Dietman said. The shipbuilding company said it was awaiting the results of the investigations. Marie, Ont. Self-Unloading Boom Length: Aft-Mounted Shuttle Boom; 54, Number of Cargo Holds: 5 [Hatch-Hold Arrangement: 4-4-4-4-5], Number of Hatches: 21 [Dimensions: 58x20], Propellers: 1 Controllable Pitch Propeller, Engine Manufacturer: Pielstick, Beloit, WI, Owner: USS Great Lakes Fleet, New York, NY [U.S. Steel Corp.], Owner: USX Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., Duluth, MN [Blackstone Capital Partners], Owner: Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., Duluth, MN [Canadian National Railway]. The bow section was floated into the drydock on July 25, 1970, where it was joined with the stern section. As of 2018 this vessel remained in service. Get the details of the current Voyage of ROGER BLOUGH including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 7222138, MMSI 366972030, Call Sign WDH7559 Once we got that controlled, everything got better pretty quick, the fire chief said. There are no regulations regarding winter layup procedures for commercial vessels operating in the Great Lakes, the report said. Total damage exceeded $150 million. The M/V Roger Blough left Sturgeon Bay on Thursday morning after spending more than a year sitting in lay-up following the blaze that the National Transportation Safety Board estimates caused more than $100 million in damage. The man was able to self-rescue, Dietman said. The Roger Blough burned for several hours early Monday, requiring a massive suppression effort at the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, shipyard where it had been wintering. Stern section: keel laid Dec 29, 1969 in dry dock; bow section joined with stern section July 25, 1970 and vessel completed in dry dock. Sep 1, 2022 9:33 PM by The woman in green's hat changes from green to brown. Its pretty severely affected, he said, comparing it to a similar fire at the same Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding site in 2015, when the 519-foot Alpena absorbed a similar aft-end burn which saw the vessel recovered to continue sailing. In 1988, majority stock in USS Great Lakes Fleet was acquired by Blackstone Capital Partners. Vessels owned by Lafarge Holcim, managed by Inland Lakes Management. She finally entered service on June 15th, a little over a month after the first 1,000 footer Stewart J. Cort sailed on her maiden voyage. Firefighting teams responded, understood fire was extinguished, but extent of damages remains unknown. NTSB recommended that the U.S. Coast Guard and ABS should develop standards for furnace installations in line with the NFPA guidelines. The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port, Sault Ste. Contents 1 Service history 1.1 Fire in layup 2 References 3 External links The fire aboard a wintering Roger Blough on Feb. 2 caused an estimated $20 million in damages, one-fifth the total cost of the $100 million lake freighter. The bulk carrier was docked at . It is sepculated that the cause was a high intensity lightbulb that ignited leaking fuel from a faulty hose seal. Thankfully, there were no injuries and the fire was contained to just the one ship, Fincantieri Marine Group spokesman Eric Dent wrote the News Tribune from Washington, D.C., calling it premature to speculate on the Bloughs future operational availability.. Roger Blough, named for a former chairman of U.S. Steel, is part of Canadian National Railways Great Lakes fleet based in Duluth, Minn. The ship was launched on June 3, 1972, and christened on June 5. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. Keystone Shipping Co., based outside Philadelphia, operates the vessel. Instead, its known as a major Great Lakes shipyard, where 10 to 20 vessels winter every offseason, their maintenance and repair tended to by scores of tradespeople. The bulker St. Clair caught fire in February 2019 in the Port of Toledo, Ohio, and burned for nearly 36 hours. The stern accomodations and engineering block had to be repaired and refinished, and her engines replaced, a task that added $13 Million to the project. 2021 Professional Mariner. [10] At 5:45 AM on June 3, the Roger Blough began offloading some of its taconite cargo to the SS Philip R. Clarke to lift the ship off the reef. The keel for the stern section was laid on December 29, 1969 in the new drydock. "U.S. Coast Guard responding to grounded freighter in Whitefish Bay", "MV Roger Blough Aground in Lake Superior", "Lightering Operations begin on Motor Vessel Roger Blough in Lake Superior, Update 9", "Motor vessel Roger Blough safely anchored in Waiska Bay, Update 11", "Lightering operations complete on motor vessel Roger Blough, Update 13", "Roger Blough enroute to Sturgeon Bay for Repairs, Update 14", "Roger Blough starts on fire in Sturgeon Bay, Update 15 they spotted the smoke from a sky cam at around 3 AM", "Engine Room Fire aboard Bulk Carrier Roger Blough (MIR-22/19)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Roger_Blough&oldid=1118548263, Shuttle Boom type Self-Unloading dry bulk carrier, This page was last edited on 27 October 2022, at 16:36. A fire started in the engine room, then progressed to her unloading conveyor belts, which caught fire and burned. The only locations the Blough is capable of unloading at are Gary, Indiana, and Conneaut, Ohio. Pp. MV Roger Blough, an iron ore bulk carrier vessel built for U.S. Steel in 1968-72 and used starting in 1972 in Great Lakes service to transport taconite pellets from Lake Superior to ports on Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, was named in his honor. Fast forward a half-century, when fire consumed Blough once again. The Roger Blough will be scrapped at either Port Colborne or Escanaba. Builder: American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH, Laid Down: Bow Section: June 3, 1968; Stern Section: December 29, 1969, Launch Date: Bow Section: December 21, 1968; Entire Hull: June 3, 1972. You like to follow the old ones around because you know their days are numbered, LeLievre said. The Blough was freed and departed for Sturgeon Bay under her own power on June 11, being escorted by the tug Candace Elise. The 20 members of her crew were all safely rescued by a good samaritan vessel, and no injuries were reported. The shipkeeper on board departed the vessel without injury. N.d. Accessed 17 April 2020. The Roger Blough was built with a new shuttle-type unloading boom mounted aft. The 833-foot,. 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The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The fire completely destroyed the engine room, and ended up killing four yard workers who were checking a tank below the engine room. Roger Blough damaged in Wisconsin fire New Soo Lock gets $480M in president's 2022 budget Wreck of the Contest re-emerges from Lake Michigan Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find ship lost in 1899. On October 27, 2022, the MV Roger Blough departed Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay under tow, destined for Conneaut, OH, for long term layup. Vessel ROGER BLOUGH is a Bulk Carrier, Registered in USA. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued new recommendations for safe layup for ships on the Great Lakes, based on findings from the fire aboard the bulker Roger Blough last year. For continued layup ships caught fire, but extent of damages remains unknown capacity machinery. 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