The Queen! Done for the Season! The Paul R Tregurtha Duluth Layup Arrival January 15, 2022

Quite the crowd that came to see her arrive for the last time this season! I am quite grateful they arrived during daylight, as well as the temperatures bein in the upper teens! I could not ask for anything else!
They arrived Duluth January 15, 2022 4:41 PM, heading straight to Port Terminal to roost for the off season!

To Date they have arrived Duluth 43 times!
They have arrived to load Coal 41 times
They have arrived to load Iron Ore 2 times
They have spent 675.5 hours in Port
They have spent 527 hours loading

Last season they visited Duluth 37 times, They loaded iron ore 3 times, Coal 34.
Rest easy Queen!

Info provided by the LSMMA Visitor Center!

Info from the Interlake Site:

At 1013.5 feet, Interlake’s flagship M/V Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship on the Great Lakes. She can carry up to 68,000 gross tons of taconite pellets or 71,000 net tons of coal. Her unloading system and 260-foot boom empty her five cargo holds in about eight hours. Built by American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio, in 1981, this vessel was first named William J. DeLancey. In 1990, she was renamed Paul R. Tregurtha in honor of Interlake’s Vice Chairman of the Board.
She is the reigning "Queen of the Lakes", a title she has held since she entered service in 1981.
She has an elevator and quite luxurious guest accommodations.
Built for approximately $60 million, she became a flagship for the Interlake fleet.
Carrying Capacity 68,000 Gross Tons

Overall Length 1,013.5

Year Built 1981

Hull Depth 56'

Beam 105'

Engine Horsepower 17,120

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