can we all take a minute to raise a toast to our fallen vessel the Roger Blough. A wonderful long 46 years of hauling ore. with its owners United States Steel, and the Great Lakes Fleet. this vessel served the great lakes with pride and joy, but everything must come to an end. Rest in peace Roger Blough
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Nice statement ! She is safe the the scrapers torch for now at least finding a home in conneaut but she will probably end up meeting the torch.
@deetempleton80
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Ed you did a fitting an heart felt toast. Hear. Hear Slange
@adriannegrillo8394
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully said sir! I can't add anything else!
@bodiddlee69
Жыл бұрын
🍻
@jeffcourneya5387
Жыл бұрын
Fair sea's Roger Blough. Salute to the Captain and her crew.
@TOTALCAMARO
Жыл бұрын
I just can’t image how these fire start, especially during winter layup. It’s sad to see her going away 😢But she lives on in videos. Thank you to all who video these veteran gentle giants everyday and share them for us to see. 😊
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Yes thank you for the nice words ! I just filmed the classic and beautiful laker cuyahoga 2 days ago
@TOTALCAMARO
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 your welcome. I will check ur video out. I’m glad she’s still sailing. “Don’t Give up This Ship” flag on some of them.
@tomwelles3376
Жыл бұрын
Special heater in the engine room, which was malfunctioning. Repeating the repair attempt. A ship watcher off the ship as a fire starts. Special winter lay up heater to prevent freeze damage. Sorry to see her go A unique vessel.
@marklaw7648
Жыл бұрын
I remember my brother and I riding our bikes down to Am Ship building in Lorain, Ohio when she was being built. A fire started on the ship and I believe 5 or 6 men got trapped in the engine room. By the time they cut the hull and found them they had died. Made all the local news and papers.
@marklaw7648
Жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why there wasn’t a fire suppression system on the ship to put the fire out.🤔
@rascal0175
Жыл бұрын
For those who know the lakes and the ships that sail them this is very hard to watch. Though they may not have a soul they certainly have a life and this is like the passing funeral procession of a dear friend.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is…..
@rascal0175
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 I spent many a day between the Bluewater bridge and where the Detroit River flows into Lake Erie, and many are the ships I have seen pass. My childhood home was near Marine City. Most of the ships I knew as a child are now gone. The charm of the lakes seems bit less as the ships become fewer in number. Time marches on, the changes that come with it are not always pleasant.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
@@rascal0175 yeah that’s the downfall of loving these ships, they all go away eventually.
@sreed8570
Жыл бұрын
It boggles the mind how a ship in layup, shutdown with cold engines can spontaneously catch fire. Hope the investigators take a hard look at this case.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure something electrical sparked and fell on oil or something.
@mcgoo721
Жыл бұрын
She already suffered a fire, there's no reason to torment her with a visit to Conneaut.
@navigant321
Жыл бұрын
11:22 anybody notice the stern tug lost control and nearly hit the channel marker? White smoke from that tug is due to injector issues he blew an engine
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Could have! Never heard anything about that happening though
@richardbause2453
Жыл бұрын
If scraped, couldn't they cut the stern off and make a barge self Unloader mated to a tug ??? Just curious 🤔 👀???
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
They could since the rest of the ship is in good condition but I’m not sure they will, if they were to do that they wouldn’t have taken it from a fully functioning shipyard…..
@richardbause2453
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 thanks, maybe it might get a new life and migrate back north. One could only hope. Stranger things do happen.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
@@richardbause2453 I do believe in hope but I heard they already got the insurance money from her…… So as of right now things look grim…..
@richardbause2453
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 just when they're looking for shorter ships 🚢 to get into those tight rivers.
@plushforce
Жыл бұрын
plus i saw it go by
@joeanderson9852
Жыл бұрын
👍
@louGriggs1944
Жыл бұрын
Sad to see her go into retirement.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@Local-Of-The-Mitten-State
Жыл бұрын
Fingers crossed she at least gets turned into a barge.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
I thought about that, it would be cool. Sadly I have doubts. I heard somewhere that GLF received insurance money and took her off their fleet list……… It’s really sad being the ship is in great condition…..
@Local-Of-The-Mitten-State
Жыл бұрын
Really? Oh no…. and I wouldn’t say “great” either, since she was kinda gutted in the stern. And that’s usually the part they remove to make a barge anyways, so yeah….
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
@@Local-Of-The-Mitten-State well I said great referring to the mid section of the vessel. The cargo holds are in great condition since she only hauled taconite.
@Local-Of-The-Mitten-State
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 Ah, that makes much more sense
@plushforce
Жыл бұрын
I filmed it at the exact same time on my channel
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Nice ! I wanted to go see her but I couldn’t
@plushforce
Жыл бұрын
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 can you watch it pls (and subscribe)
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
@@plushforce I will !
@donreed
Жыл бұрын
Hyphenate "fire-damaged Roger Blough" in the video title, please. Otherwise, you are saying that the fire damaged the ship while it was under tow, not when it actually did happen: "while she was in layup at Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI."
@northstarstatepolitics1652
Жыл бұрын
I think the Blough will come back eventually, but because the iron ore economy is in the shitter, not yet.
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully….
@scottwendt9575
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, there is only one reason for her to leave an active shipyard for Conneaut and that is scrapping….
@GreatLakesStateProductions6708
Жыл бұрын
@@scottwendt9575 yeah probably took her there because Marine Recycling in Port Colburne was full with other ships.
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