by Guest » January 12, 2016, 1:08 pm
Nicolet- US-202542 Built 1905 as the steel hulled, dry bulk carrier, William G. Mather (1) by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI, Hull #9, for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. 513" (LWL), 60' (w), 32' (deep), 6838 gross tons. Single screw, triple expansion steam engine with coal fired scotch boilers. Renamed- J.H. Sheadle in 1925 to clear former name for new vessel. Renamed H.L. Gobeille in 1955. Sold to Gartland Steamship Company 1964, deck trunked and converted to a self-unloader by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. during winter 1964-1965, renamed Nicolet when she fit out 1965. One of the first ships on the lakes with a hydraulically slewed and luffed, tube steel boom and incline belt elevator similar to the system on the Joseph H. Frantz. Gartland Steamship absorbed by the American Steamship Company (Boland & Cornelius, Mgrs.) 1969. Put in at the Dafoe Shipbuilding Co. in Bay City, MI winter of 1973-74, repowered with an EMD model Electro-Motive 20-645 engine (similar to the Richard J. Reiss/Manistee) her boilers were retained for her steering and deck equipment but were converted to oil firing. Suffered a serious fire at the Hans Hansen dock in Toledo, OH December 29, 1979. The fire destroyed her forward super structure. A new stricture was constructed the following spring. Towed from Toledo, OH August 28th, 1996 by the tugs Otis Wack and Illinois for Port Maitland, Canada. She arrived on August 29th for demolition.
Original configuration
As a self-unloader
After fire.
New pilot house
scrap tow
Nicolet- US-202542 Built 1905 as the steel hulled, dry bulk carrier, William G. Mather (1) by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI, Hull #9, for the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. 513" (LWL), 60' (w), 32' (deep), 6838 gross tons. Single screw, triple expansion steam engine with coal fired scotch boilers. Renamed- J.H. Sheadle in 1925 to clear former name for new vessel. Renamed H.L. Gobeille in 1955. Sold to Gartland Steamship Company 1964, deck trunked and converted to a self-unloader by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. during winter 1964-1965, renamed Nicolet when she fit out 1965. One of the first ships on the lakes with a hydraulically slewed and luffed, tube steel boom and incline belt elevator similar to the system on the Joseph H. Frantz. Gartland Steamship absorbed by the American Steamship Company (Boland & Cornelius, Mgrs.) 1969. Put in at the Dafoe Shipbuilding Co. in Bay City, MI winter of 1973-74, repowered with an EMD model Electro-Motive 20-645 engine (similar to the Richard J. Reiss/Manistee) her boilers were retained for her steering and deck equipment but were converted to oil firing. Suffered a serious fire at the Hans Hansen dock in Toledo, OH December 29, 1979. The fire destroyed her forward super structure. A new stricture was constructed the following spring. Towed from Toledo, OH August 28th, 1996 by the tugs Otis Wack and Illinois for Port Maitland, Canada. She arrived on August 29th for demolition.
[img]http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/images/vessel/full/004755a.jpg[/img] Original configuration
[img]http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures01/nicolet-jh-pg.jpg[/img] As a self-unloader
[img]http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newpictures01/nicoletfire-jh-pg.jpg[/img] After fire.
[img]http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbsb/images-10-1/2610-89-1200dpi.jpg[/img] New pilot house
[img]http://www.wellandcanal.ca/shiparc/boco/nicolet/nicolettow.jpg[/img] scrap tow