Boatnerd Discussion Forum

The [i]F. M. Osborne[/i] is still in documentation, until 31 May 2011. She briefly left documentation earlier in the decade. The [i]Erie[/i] was dismantled at Fairport in 1981-1982. The [i]C. W. Cadwell[/i] was cut down to a barge by McKeil in 1983 and left Canadian registry in 1999. She may still be around in some form. The [i]Niagara II[/i] was reefed 15 May 1999 off Tobermory as a dive attraction. The [i]Massey D.[/i], as [i]Steven H.[/i], was broken up at Port Clinton in 2002-2003.

I agree these are (were) fascinating vessels.

While looking for information on the [i]John R. Emery[/i], I became familiar with these vessels. There were a handful operating, but now the only active one I have found is Erie Sand Steamship's MV. [i]J.S. St. John[/i]. Could you please tell me what became of the MV. [i]C.W. Cadwell[/i], McKeil Workboat's M.V. [i]Niagara II,[/i], Osborne Material's M.V.s [i]Erie[/i] & [i]F.M. Osborne[/i] (2), and Panoceanic Engineering Corp's M.V. [i]Massey D.[/i]? These are fascinating smaller, older ships. I hope that more than one of them are still around.

The [i]Emery[/i] eventually made it to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where she was abandoned. She was broken up there during the fall of 2007, I believe, after being unsuccessfully listed on eBay.

She sank in New York harbor late in 2006 and has since been scrapped.

Whatever happened to the MV. [i]John R. Emery[/i]? She was in Fairport, OH. Put up for sale in 2004. Moved via the Erie Canal to New York. The last I knew of her, she was shown in the Feb. 23, 2006 "News Photo Gallery" tied-up at a New York State port, and once again for sale. TIA.