MV Indiana Harbor

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History
United States
Name:	MV Indiana Harbor
Namesake:	Indiana Harbor, Indiana
Builder:	Bay Shipbuilding Company
Yard number:	719
Launched:	1979
Identification:	Call sign:WXN3191 IMO number: 7514701
Status:	In service as of 2015
General characteristics
Class & type:	lake freighter
Tonnage:	35,923 gross tonnage 33,534 net tonnage
Length:	1,000 feet (305 m) (overall) 988.8 feet (301 m)
Beam:	105 ft (32 m)
Draft:	34.75 ft (10.59 m) (Midsummer Draft) 56 ft (17 m) (hull depth)
Propulsion:	four 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 14,000 SHP

M/V Indiana Harbor is a very large diesel-powered Lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.

The ship is 1000 feet long and 105 feet wide, with a carrying capacity of 75,000 tons, either coal or iron ore.

Further reading

• In May 1984, Indiana Harbor was the largest ship to ever enter the harbor at Ludington, Michigan and delivered 45,000 tons of limestone to Ludington's Dow plant. It also set another record the following year with 50,090 tons of limestone.
• August 1986, Indiana Harbor broke the Lake Erie record for loading coal, 52,000 tons, at Toledo. 10 days later, Indiana Harbor ran aground in the St. Clair River.
• On September 8, 1993, the ship collided with the Lansing Shoals Light Station. There were no injuries and the damage was about $1.9 million for the ship and $100,000 for the light.
• On January 3, 1996, Indiana Harbor grounded in the St. Marys River and suffered an 8 feet (2.4 m) gash in the port bow.