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Last Edited: 2023-10-03 12:40:52 AM




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Sparrows Point
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Sparrows Point
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Sparrows Point
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Buckeye
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Sparrows Point (1962/08)
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Sparrows Point (1976/12)
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Sparrows Point (1982/08)
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Sparrows Point (1983/07/15)
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Sparrows Point (1983/10)
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Sparrows Point (1990/07/26)
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Sparrows Point (1991/01)
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Buckeye (1991/04)
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Buckeye (1993)
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Buckeye (1996/05/26)
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Buckeye (1999/06)
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Buckeye (2003/01)
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Lewis J. Kuber (2014/05/24)
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Lewis J. Kuber (2016/06/29)
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Menominee (2019/05/06)
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Menominee (2019/05/06)
  IMO: 5336351  
Details/Construction
Builder:Bethlehem Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyLocation:Sparrows Point, Maryland, United StatesHull #:4505
Builder 2:American Ship Building CompanyLocation 2:South Chicago, Illinois, United StatesHull #:
Keel Layed:Launched:1952/04/18Commissioned:1952/11
Propulsion
As builtType:1 steam turbine engineOutput:7700 shp - 16.0 Knots
Manufacturer:Bethlehem Steel Company - Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
    
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):190.8 m (626.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:9164
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:5608
Beam:21.34 m (70.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:11.28 m (37.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Year: 1958Length (oa):208.2 m (683.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:10317
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:5947
Beam:21.3 m (70.0 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:11.3 m (37.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Lengthened at South Chicago, Illinois by the American Shipbuilding Company
Year: 1980Length (oa):208.2 m (683.1 ft)Gross Tonnage:11691
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:7321
Beam:21.3 m (69.9 ft)Dead Weight:
Depth:11.3 m (37.1 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Converted to self-unloader at Superior Wisconsin by Fraser Shipyards - hull dimensions unchanged
Year: 2005Length (oa):Gross Tonnage:
Length (lbp):Net Tonnage:
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Depth:Displacement:
Draft: 
Change Description:Reduced to a barge - her engine room removed and a notch was built in the remains of her stern.
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Bethlehem Transportation Corporation - Cleveland, Ohio19521991
Oglebay Norton CompanyColumbia Transportation - USA19912005
K & K Warehousing Inc. - Menominee, Michigan, USA20052011
Rand Logistics - New York, NY, USAGrand River Navigation Company - Avon Lake, Ohio, USA2011
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Sparrows Point1991/02/21
Buckeye2006
Lewis J. Kuber2017/05
Menominee
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
US 264391 Wilmington, Delaware, United States WE5197 1952 2005
US 264391 Menominee, Michigan, United States WE5197 2005 2011
Description
On November 29, 2005 Oglebay Norton Marine Services announced the sale of the Buckeye to Buckeye Holdings LLC (an affiliate of K&K Warehousing, Inc., Menominee, Michigan) for $4 million for conversion to a notched, articulated barge. The Buckeye arrived at Erie Shipbuilding (Erie, Pennsylvania), under tow of tug Olive L. Moore on December 4, 2005. She entered the graving dock in late February, 2006. The conversion was completed in August 2006, with the stern accommodations, engine room, forward accommodations and wheelhouse all removed. The new barge was renamed Lewis J. Kuber and was paired with the tug Olive L. Moore.

In February 2011, the barge was acquired by Rand Logistics and the vessel is operated by Grand River Navigation.

The Lewis J. Kuber was renamed Menominee, in May 2017 (named for a Michigan town in the western Upper Peninsula).
Disposition
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