Lakers Built in U.S. Shipyards since WWII

All the 50 lakers built in U.S. shipyards since WWII were built for domestic trading Any additions, errors or omissions, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Year	Original Name	Original Owner	Shipbuilder	Hull #	O.N.	GT	DWT	Price ($mm)	Notes
1950	Wilfred Sykes	Inland Steel	AmShip Lorain	866	259193	11,700	21,800		Active
1952	Philip R. Clarke	U.S. Steel	AmShip Lorain	867	263699	12,300	27,100		Active
1952	Arthur M. Anderson	U.S. Steel	AmShip Lorain	868	264207	12,300	27,100		Active
1953	Ernest T. Weir	National Steel	AmShip Lorain	869	265246	11,700	23,000		Courtney Burton 1978, American Fortitude 2006, scrapped 2015
1953	Armco	Oglebay Norton	AmShip Lorain	870	265621	12,400	25,700		American Valor 2006, laid up, now Valo (Canada)
1972	Roger Blough	U.S. Steel	AmShip Lorain	900	533062	26,000	45,000	20.0	Active
1973	William R. Roesch	Oglebay Norton	AmShip Lorain	901	549231	9,639	19,000	11.7	David Z. Norton 1995, Calumet
1973	Paul Thayer	Oglebay Norton	AmShip Lorain	902	552395	9,639	19,000	11.7	Earl W. Oglebay 1995, Manitowoc
1974	Wolverine	Oglebay Norton	AmShip Lorain	903	560339	10,037	20,000	13.0	Robert S. Pierson (Canada) 2008
1976	James R. Barker	Interlake Steamship	AmShip Lorain	905	573682	33,000	59,000	35.0	Active
1977	Mesabi Miner	Interlake Steamship	AmShip Lorain	906	581479	33,000	59,000	35.0	Active
1978	George A. Stinson	American Steamship	AmShip Lorain	907	595539	32,000	59,000	35.0	American Spirit 2004
1980	Edgar B. Speer	U.S. Steel	AmShip Lorain	908	621104	35,000	60,000	45.0	Active
1981	William J. Delancey	Pickands Mather	AmShip Lorain	909	631668	34,500	61,000	50.0	Paul R. Tregurtha 1990
1952	Edward B. Greene	American Steamship	AmShip Toledo	189	263980	12,000	25,300		Benson Ford 1985, Kaye E. Barker 1989
1958	John Sherwin	American Steamship	AmShip Toledo	192	276445	16,000	33,300		Laid up
1959	Shenango II	American Steamship	AmShip Toledo	193	278807	16,300	31,100		Charles M. Beeghly 1967, Hon. James L. Oberstar 2012
1973	Roger M. Keyes	American Steamship	AmShip Toledo	200	550520	15,674	30,000	12.5	Adam E. Cornelius 1989, Algoma Compass (Canada)
1973	Charles E. Wilson	American Steamship	Bay SB	710	550954	13,862	27,000	12.5	John J. Boland 2000
1974	H. Lee White	American Steamship	Bay SB	711	556460	14,499	30,000	15.0	Active
1975	Sam Laud	American Steamship	Bay SB	712	564002	11,619	23,000	12.5	Active
1976	St. Clair	American Steamship	Bay SB	714	571875	25,000	42,000	22.0	Active
1976	Joseph L. Block	Inland Steel	Bay SB	715	574870	15,600	31,300	20.0	Active
1977	Belle River	American Steamship	Bay SB	716	585852	40,000	60,000	30.0	Walter J. McCarthy 1990
1978	Lewis Wilson Foy	Oglebay Norton	Bay SB	717	592377	40,000	60,000	30.0	Oglebay Norton 1991, American Integrity 2006
1979	Edwin H. Gott	U.S. Steel	Bay SB	718	600648	40,000	62,000	30.0	Active
1979	Indiana Harbor	American Steamship	Bay SB	719	610401	40,000	62,000	30.0	Active
1980	Burns Harbor	Bethlehem Steel	Bay SB	720	618479	40,000	62,000	30.0	Active
1978	Buffalo	American Steamship	Bay SB	721	596352	12,000	23,300	20.0	Algoma Buffalo 2017
1979	Fred R. White, Jr.	Oglebay Norton	Bay SB	722	606421	12,000	23,300	20.0	American Courage 2006
1980	Chicago	American Steamship	Bay SB	723	619736	15,000	32,000	30.0	American Mariner 2006
1981	Cuyahoga	American Steamship	Bay SB	724	633579	12,000	23,300	25.0	American Republic 2006, Great Republic 2012
1981	Columbia Star	Oglebay Norton	Bay SB	726	635289	33,000	61,500	50.0	American Century 2006
1952	Johnstown	Bethlehem Steel	Bethlehem SP	4504	263877	11,700	22,400		Scrapped 1985
1952	Sparrows Point	Bethlehem Steel	Bethlehem SP	4505	264391	11,700	22,400		Buckeye 1990, barge 2006, Lewis J. Kuber 2008, Menominee 2017
1952	Elton Hoyt 2nd	Pickands Mather	Bethlehem SP	4512	264126	11,000	22,200		Michipicoten 2003
1952	Charles L. Hutchinson	Pioneer Steamship	Defoe Sbldg.	422	265808	11,100	18,600		Ernest B Breech 1962, Kinsman Independent 1988, Voyageur Independent (Canada) 2004, Ojibway
1972	Stewart J. Cort	Bethlehem Steel	Erie Marine	101	532272	25,400	52,000	18.0	Active
1952	Cason J. Calloway	US Steel	Great Lakes Eng.	297	264349	12,300	26,800		Active
1952	J. L. Mauthe	Pickands Mather	Great Lakes Eng.	298	264738	11,500	21,800		Pathfinder 2002
1953	Reserve	Oglebay Norton	Great Lakes Eng.	299	265360	13,800	26,800		Barge 2006, James L. Kuber 2008, Maumee 2019
1953	William Clay Ford	Ford Motor Co.	Great Lakes Eng.	300	266029	12,500	26,800		Scrapped 1987
1959	Edmund Fitzgerald	Oglebay Norton	Great Lakes Eng.	301	277437	13,500	26,800		Lost 1975
1959	Herbert C. Jackson	Pickands Mather	Great Lakes Eng.	302	278780	12,300	26,800		Active
1960	Arthur B. Homer	Bethlehem Steel	Great Lakes Eng.	303	280946	13,500	26,800		Scrapped
1952	John G. Munson	US Steel	Manitowoc	415	264136	11,000	26,800		Active
1953	John J. Boland	American Steamship	Manitowoc	417	266270	11,000	21,800		Saginaw (Canada) 1999
1955	Detroit Edison	American Steamship	Manitowoc	418	269187	11,000	21,800		Scrapped 1987
1959	Adam E. Cornelius	American Steamship	Manitowoc	424	278853	11,000	26,800		Capt Edward V. Smith 1989, Sea Barge One, Sarah Spencer, scrapped 2019
1960	Sir Edward L. Ryerson	Inland Steel	Manitowoc	425	282106	11,000	34,900		Laid up 2010

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