Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 23, n. 5 (January 1970), p. 1

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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 23, No. 5 January, 1970 kere et Se Closing down the latest season in Great Lakes shipping history, U.S. Steel's PHILIP RX. CLARKE crunches into Lorain harbor on Jan. 14, 1970, behind the "G" tug NORTH CAROLINA. The CLARKE was one of six U.S. Steel boats that ran late, hauling pelletized iron ore from Two Harbors to Chicago and Lorain. Commanding the CLARKE, flagship of the fleet, is Capt. George H. Ashby, who was in command at another historic event in 1969, taking the CLARKE as the first vessel to transit the New Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie.

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