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Jameson

S.S. Jesse James

During the war, several American and Canadian Great Lakes freighters/tankers ("Lakers") made their way into the St. Lawrence River through the narrow canal system of the time to pull their weight in the Atlantic Convoys.





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Jesse_James

I don't like the name of these ships.

"lakers"

booooooooooooooo
Jameson

Better?
Jesse_James

Jameson wrote:
Better?


Alright another thread with my name in it.

this is like number 9  Razz

I am honored... I really am!  Cool
Celt

Cool. When I used to hang w/ a friend of mine at his parent's camp on Grennell Island as a kid, I watched some of these go by.

Nice work. But what's with the name?  Razz
Rengokuy

I love lake freighters, where do you have the evidence that they actually went on the Atlantic convoys though! (something I've alawys hoped they did was just never able to prove)  They'd be so fun in game.
Texas Grognard

Funny that you mentioned laker ships, I had Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald playing on the radio just now. Hmmm.  boat
Jameson

Rengokuy wrote:
I love lake freighters, where do you have the evidence that they actually went on the Atlantic convoys though! (something I've alawys hoped they did was just never able to prove)  They'd be so fun in game.


Ye of little faith.

OK, here is some proof that they took part in Atlantic Convoys as far back as WWI: http://www.abouthegreatlakes.com/war.htm

Also, "Iron Fleet", by George J. Joachim mentions Lakers in the Atlantic:
http://wsupress.wayne.edu/glb/gtlakes/joachimif.htm

Here is another link that show it was possible for larger cargo ships to enter the Atlantic from the Great Lakes. A lot of people claim this was impossible with the canal system of the time:
http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships.htm

Finally, my grandfather who was always a ship enthusiast growing up on the Detroit River served in the RCN in WW2. He used to tell me about ships he recognized from the lakes being in convoys he was escorting, although he admitted it wasn't a common site.
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