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{{Short description|Diesel-powered lake freighter (built 1979)}}
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| Ship image = Lakers Indiana Harbor and Presque Isle.jpg
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| Ship caption = The lake freighters ''Indiana Harbor'' (fore) and ''Presque Isle''
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|60px]]
| Ship name = MV ''Indiana Harbor''
| Ship namesake = [[Indiana Harbor, Indiana]]
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| Ship builder = [[Bay Shipbuilding Company]]<ref name="usCoastGuardDB">{{cite web | url= http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=610401 | title= Vessel Documentation Query | publisher= [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]/[[US Coast Guard]] | date= 2015-07-02 | accessdate = 2015-07-02 }}</ref>
| Ship yard number = 719<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" /><ref name="Colton, Tim">{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/bay.htm |title=Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI |website=shipbuildinghistory.com |first=Tim |last=Colton |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703093316/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/bay.htm |archivedate=2015-07-03 }}</ref>
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| Ship launched = 1979<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
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| Ship status = In service as of 2022
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| Ship identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]:WXN3191
*{{IMO|7514701}}
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| Ship class = [[Lake freighter]]
| Ship tonnage = * {{GT|35,923}}<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
* {{NetT|33,534}}<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
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| Ship length = *{{convert|1000|ft|m|0}} ([[Length overall|oa]])<ref name="MV Indiana Harbor" />
*{{convert|988.8|ft|m|0}}<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
| Ship beam = {{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
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| Ship draft = *{{convert|34.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} (midsummer draft)<ref name="MV Indiana Harbor" />
*{{convert|56|ft|m|abbr=on}} (hull depth)<ref name="usCoastGuardDB" />
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| Ship propulsion = four {{convert|3500|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=in}} General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, {{convert|14,000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref name="MV Indiana Harbor">{{cite web |url= http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/mv-indiana-harbor.php |title= M/V Indiana Harbor |website= American Steamship }}</ref>
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'''MV ''Indiana Harbor''''' is a very large diesel-powered [[lake freighter]] owned and operated by the [[American Steamship Company]]. This vessel was built in 1979 at [[Bay Shipbuilding Company]], [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]] and included self-unloading technology.

The ship is {{convert|1000|ft|m}} long and {{convert|105|ft|m}} wide, with a carrying capacity of 77,500 Net tons of Iron Ore which is the record tonnage through the Soo Locks.<ref name="MV Indiana Harbor" />

==Service history==
In May 1984, ''Indiana Harbor'' was the largest ship to ever enter the harbor at [[Ludington, Michigan]] and delivered 45,000 tons of limestone to Ludington's [[Dow Chemical Company|Dow]] plant.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19840509&id=cBxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NEoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3979,896073&hl=en |title= Economy, Ice Bring Biggest Ship Ever to Ludington |newspaper= Ludington Daily News |date= May 9, 1984}}</ref> It also set another record the following year with 50,090 tons of limestone.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19850507&id=ATVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4lUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5435,443362&hl=en |title= Longest Ship on the lakes brings biggest load here |newspaper= Ludington Daily News |date= May 7, 1985 }}</ref> In August 1986, ''Indiana Harbor'' broke the [[Lake Erie]] record for loading coal, 52,000 tons, at [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19860807&id=jQ4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2588,4441044&hl=en |title= Seamen Idled as Lake Ships Become Bigger |newspaper= Toledo Blade |date= August 7, 1986 |first= Eric |last= Bates }}</ref> Ten days later, ''Indiana Harbor'' ran aground in the [[St. Clair River]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19860822&id=1k9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4QIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5966,1877476&hl=en |title= Record-holding Ship Runs Aground In River |newspaper= Toledo Blade |date= August 22, 1986 }}</ref>

On September 8, 1993, the ship collided with the [[Lansing Shoals Light Station]]. There were no injuries and the damage was about $1.9 million for the ship and $100,000 for the light.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Tog_ll_MYrkC&pg=PA82 |title= Graveyard of the Lakes |first= Mark L. |last= Thompson |pages=82–84 |publisher= Wayne State University Press |date= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-8143-3226-9 }}</ref> On January 3, 1996, ''Indiana Harbor'' grounded in the [[St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|St. Marys River]] and suffered an {{convert|8|ft|m|adj=on}} gash in the port bow.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Tog_ll_MYrkC&pg=PA82 |title= Graveyard of the Lakes |first= Mark L. |last= Thompson |pages=85 |publisher= Wayne State University Press |date= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-8143-3226-9 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Commons category|IMO 7514701}}
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{{Bay Shipbuilding ships}}

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[[Category:1979 ships]]
[[Category:Great Lakes freighters]]
[[Category:Ships built in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]]


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