The freighter M/V Lee A. Tregurtha on the St. Clair River

            The freighter M/V Lee A. Tregurtha downward bound on the St. Clair River, passing the docks for the River Crab Restaurant, St. Clair, Michigan.  Canada is in the background.

The M/V Lee A. Tregurtha is one of the oldest ships still traveling on the Great Lakes.  It was built in 1942 as the USS Chiwawa and served as an oil tanker in World War II.  In 1960 it was purchased by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company and converted to haul ore on the Great Lakes.  It was renamed the Walter A. Sterling.

When Cleveland-Cliffs sold what remained of its fleet in 1985, the ship joined the Ford Motor (later Rouge Steel) fleet and was renamed William Clay Ford.

In 1989, Rouge Steel disposed of its fleet, and the ship joined the Interlake Steamship family as part of Lakes Shipping Company, Inc. She was renamed Lee A. Tregurtha in honor of the wife of Interlake’s vice chairman. 

(Most of the above historical information is from the Interlake Steamship Company website).

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Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Mooretown (show map)

Taken on: October 19, 2020

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