Interlake Shipping Company

The Interlake Steamship Company is a shipping company that mainly operates its fleet on the North American Great Lakes.[1][2][3] The firm was found in 1913 when a consortium of firms bought out the seventeen vessels of the Gilchrist Company, which had gone into receivership.[4] The other firms were: the Lackawanna Steamship Company; the Acme Steamship Company; the Standard Steamship Company; the Provident Steamship Company; the Acme Steamship Company and the Huron Barge Company. The combined fleet operate 56 vessels.

According to Mark L. Thompson's 1994 Queen of the Lakes, when Interlake launched its largest vessel, the William J. Delancey, its fleet contained 151, vessels, and was capable of carrying over three million tons of cargo, at one time.[5]

Interlake fleet
image name launch
date 		retired notes
The Hon. James L. Oberstar 1958
James R. Barker 1976
  • Third 1000 foot vessel on the upper lakes.[6]
Mesabi Miner 1977
  • Fourth 1000 foot vessel on the upper lakes.[7]
Paul R. Tregurtha 1981

References

  1. ↑ "Great Lakes Book Shelf". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. ↑ Alex Roland, W. Jeffrey Bolster, Alexander Keyssar (2008). The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons. p. 367-370. ISBN 9780470136003. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. ↑ Raymond A. Bawal (2011). Superships of the Great Lakes: Thousand-foot Ships on the Great Lakes. Inland Expressions. p. 27-32, 35, 42-46, 70. ISBN 9780981815749. Retrieved 2016-03-14. The MESABI MINER has a carrying capacity identical to that of the JAMES R. BARKER at 63,300 tons. Upon entering service, these two ships provided the Interlake Steamship Company with a dramatic increase in that firm's total trip capacity.
  4. ↑ "BIG GREAT LAKES MERGER.". New York Times. 1913-04-26. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  5. 1 2 3 Mark L. Thompson (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press. p. 200, 201-204. ISBN 9780814323939. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- James R. Barker". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  7. ↑ George Wharton. "Mesabi Miner". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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