MV Buffalo
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Name: | MV Buffalo |
Builder: | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
Yard number: | 721[1][2] |
Launched: | 1978[1] |
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Status: | In service as of 2015 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Lake freighter |
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Beam: | 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1] |
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Propulsion: | two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[3] |
M/V Buffalo is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1978 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
The ship is 634 feet 10 inches (193.50 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, gypsum, coal or iron ore.[3]
History
The ship was built for American Steamship in 1978 and named for Buffalo, New York, where the company was founded.[3]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ↑ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "M/V Buffalo". American Steamship.
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