MV Paul R. Tregurtha
MV Paul R. Tregurtha laid up over the winter in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. | |
| History | |
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| Name | MV Paul R. Tregurtha |
| Owner | Interlake Steamship Company |
| Operator | Interlake Steamship Company |
| Port of registry | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company |
| Yard number | 909 |
| Laid down | 12 July 1979 |
| Launched | 4 February 1981 |
| Christened | 25 April 1981 |
| Maiden voyage | 10 May 1981 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Big Paul", "Fancy De Lancey" |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 1,013.5 ft (308.9 m) |
| Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Depth | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × MaK 6M43C four-stroke diesel engines, 8,160 HP (6 MW) each at 514 RPM |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
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MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes. Launched as MV William J. De Lancey, she was the last of the thirteen "thousand footers" to enter service on the Great Lakes, and was also the last Great Lakes vessel built at the American Ship Building Company yard in Lorain, Ohio. The MV Paul R. Tregurtha is the current flagship for the Interlake Steamship Company.