Mv roger blough biography
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Freighter Roger Blough makes final journey down St. Clair River
By Jim Bloch
Professional Mariner, a maritime industry journal, appears to have been prophetic when it noted on April 1, , that &#;The Great Lakes freighter Roger Blough may have carried its last load.&#;
Beginning in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, , the foot bulk carrier burned for 12 hours at the dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
“The origin of the fire was in the engine room near a winter furnace,” Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Dietman told Professional Mariner.
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Lori Hannon, an art teacher in East China Schools and an accomplished photographer, captured the Blough being assisted downriver Oct.
&#;Last trip for the Roger Blough after a fire destroyed her engine room. She is downbound in the St Clair River heading for Ohio,&#; said Hannon on her Facebook post on the group &#;You know you&#;re from St. Clair if&#;&#;
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MV Roger Blough
Great Lakes freight ship
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | MV Roger Blough |
| Owner | Great Lakes Fleet |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company[1] |
| Yard number | [1][2] |
| Laid down | September 3, |
| Launched | June 5, [1] |
| In service | June 15, |
| Identification | |
| Notes | Shuttle Boom type Self-Unloading dry bulk carrier |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | &#;ft (&#;m)[1] |
| Beam | &#;ft (32&#;m)[1] |
| Depth | &#;ft (&#;m) [1] |
| Propulsion | 2 x SEMT Pielstick, 16PC2V four stroke, single acting V, 7,&#;bhp (5,&#;kW) each |
MV Roger Blough is a ship built in by American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio. She serves as a lake freighter on the Great Lakes. The ship is owned by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. and is named for the former chairman of U.S. Steel, Roger Blough.
Service history
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Roger Blough
Roger M. Blough | |
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Blough in | |
| In office May 3, &#;– January 31, | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Fairless |
| Succeeded by | Edwin H. Gott[1] |
| Born | ()January 19, |
| Died | October 8, () (aged&#;81) |
Roger M. Blough (January 19, &#;&#; October 8, )[2] was the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the United States Steel Corporation for 13½ years, from May through January [2] In this position, he fryst vatten best known for serving as the American steel industry's principal spokesman when the industry clashed in April with President John F. Kennedy on the issue of commodity steel prices.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Blough grew up in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor of arts grad at Susquehanna University. Following college he was basketball coach and math teacher.[3]
Blough attended Susquehanna University and was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity.[citation n