Saturday, August 28, 2010

The American Integrity

As I was heading down to Detroit, I saw this ship in the river. I'm not sure if she was docked or stopped for a bit. But anyways, she was there and I had my camera, so....

The American Integrity was another ship that built in two parts. She originally started her life as Lewis Wilson Foy and was built by the Bay Shipbuilding Company in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1978. She was originally owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company.

In 1990, she was sold to the Ogleby Norton Company. In 2006, she was sold to the American Steamship company and got her current name.

She is 1000 feet long (which I believe is the longest a ship can be and still go through the Soo Locks) and can carry 78,500 tons.

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