MV Buffalo
 Buffalo at Cleveland
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | MV Buffalo |
| Namesake | Buffalo, NY |
| Operator | Algoma Central Corporation |
| Builder | Bay Shipbuilding Company[1] |
| Yard number | 721[1][2] |
| Launched | 1978[1] |
| Completed | 1978 |
| Acquired | 1978 by American Steamship Company, 2015 by Algoma |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service as of 2019 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1] |
| Draft | |
| Propulsion | two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[3] |
Algoma Buffalo (formerly Buffalo) is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned by Algoma Central Corporation. 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] In late 2017 the ship was purchased by Algoma Central Corporation.
The ship was involved in an incident in Bay City, Michigan in September 1990 when it created a wake that exploded another vessel.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 7620653.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03.
- ^ a b c d e "M/V Buffalo". American Steamship.