by bhale849 » February 23, 2011, 9:08 am
If I recall correctly, Inland Steel was very upset that Steinbrenner repaired & ran the old Joseph Block. In 1969, she ran aground in Death's Door Passage, doing what was judged as irreperable harm to her (more than 100 hull plates damaged). Inland sold her to one of Steinbrenner's companies on the condition that she be scrapped. Instead, Steinbrenner repaired her with plates from vessels he was getting rid of, named her George Steinbrenner, and ran her in the Kinsman Fleet. This, of course, didn't sit well with Inland Steel.
If I recall correctly, Inland Steel was very upset that Steinbrenner repaired & ran the old [i]Joseph Block[/i]. In 1969, she ran aground in Death's Door Passage, doing what was judged as irreperable harm to her (more than 100 hull plates damaged). Inland sold her to one of Steinbrenner's companies on the condition that she be scrapped. Instead, Steinbrenner repaired her with plates from vessels he was getting rid of, named her [i]George Steinbrenner[/i], and ran her in the Kinsman Fleet. This, of course, didn't sit well with Inland Steel.