Dec 17, 2019
The Great Lakes ore boat Cliffs Victory. Sold for scrap in 1985.
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The Great Lakes ore boat Cliffs Victory. Sold for scrap in 1985.
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Cliffs Victory upbound on Whitefish Bay at the eastern end of Lake Superior in 1978.
Built in 1945 by Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR as hull # 1229. Keel laid Jan. 26, 1945 and launched March. 9, 1945 as the "Victory" ship NOTRE DAME VICTORY for the U.S. Maritime Commission. Dimensions: 455' loa x 62' beam x 38' depth, 10,750 DWT. Powered by a 9,350 s.h.p. double reduction geared, cross compound steam turbine engine with 2 oil-fired water tube boilers.
Purchased by Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co. in Dec. of 1950. The hull was lengthened to 619' loa, capacity increased to 14,500 DWT at Baltimore, MD. Renamed CLIFFS VICTORY on Mar. 21, 1951. Towed up the Mississippi River to S. Chicago, arriving there May 9, 1951, to complete the lake boat conversion at American Ship Building's yard. Entered service on June 4, 1951. She was known for her distinctive profile and high speed runs, given the informal title "Speed Queen of the Lakes". Lengthened in 1957 to 716' 03" loa at S. Chicago with a new capacity of 17,600 DWT. Bow thruster added in early 1964. Laid up at the end of the 1981 season at South Chicago.
Sold Oct. 12, 1985, for scrap for $235,000. Reflagged Panamanian and renamed SAVIC by painting out the letters CLIFF and ORY and adding an A in the middle. Left S. Chicago Dec. 17, 1985 under own power and, after many delays, arrived at Masan, S. Korea on Dec. 22, 1986. Dismantled in 1987
Cliffs Victory heads through the Keweenaw Waterway on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1961. Rudy Maki slide.
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