Thursday, June 13, 2013
Park Point Sunrise
The sun rises over Lake Superior at 5:15AM this time of year. Although it's a bit early, there is just something special about this time of day when it's quiet and beautiful.
Duluth Harbor Trivia Question for 6/13/2013
Harbor Trivia question of the day? (You will need a Flash enabled machine to play the game)
Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Wednesday 6/12/2013
James R. Barker departed at 01:52
Cason J. Callaway arrived at 09:15
Indiana Harbor arrived at 12:55
Cason J. Callaway departed at 19:30
Indiana Harbor departed at 23:30
Cason J. Callaway arrived at 09:15
Indiana Harbor arrived at 12:55
Cason J. Callaway departed at 19:30
Indiana Harbor departed at 23:30
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Minnesota Slip Morning
The Minnesota Slip is one of those quiet places that you tend to overlook as you stroll across the small foot bridge (Minnesota Slip Bridge) along the harbor side of the Lakewalk.
These photos were taken at 5:30AM this morning, using HDR photography.
These photos were taken at 5:30AM this morning, using HDR photography.
T/S State of Michigan
The T/S State of Michigan visited the Twin Ports yesterday and departed today. This picture was taken this morning before it departed.
Originally launched in 1985 as the USNS Persistent the T/S State of Michigan was commissioned as a Stalwart class Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship She was built as an ocean submarine surveillance vessel to tow highly sensitive sonar arrays to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War. In 1998, the USNS Persistent and her sister ship, the USNS Vindicator were transferred to the United States Coast Guard to be used in drug regulation. Even after overhauls to the USNS Persistent, she was determined to be too slow to keep up with the drug policing and became available to other government agencies.
In August 2002, the vessel, whose name was changed to the T/S State of Michigan by the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, departed for the Great Lakes by way of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The training ship is now used as a daily laboratory environment and is also used underway allowing cadets to put into practice the theory and skills they have learned prior to their commercial sea projects
Ship specifications
Length: 224 ft.
Beam: 43 ft.
Draft: 15 ft.
Speed: 11 knots
( Info from Wikipedia)
Originally launched in 1985 as the USNS Persistent the T/S State of Michigan was commissioned as a Stalwart class Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship She was built as an ocean submarine surveillance vessel to tow highly sensitive sonar arrays to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War. In 1998, the USNS Persistent and her sister ship, the USNS Vindicator were transferred to the United States Coast Guard to be used in drug regulation. Even after overhauls to the USNS Persistent, she was determined to be too slow to keep up with the drug policing and became available to other government agencies.
In August 2002, the vessel, whose name was changed to the T/S State of Michigan by the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, departed for the Great Lakes by way of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The training ship is now used as a daily laboratory environment and is also used underway allowing cadets to put into practice the theory and skills they have learned prior to their commercial sea projects
Ship specifications
Length: 224 ft.
Beam: 43 ft.
Draft: 15 ft.
Speed: 11 knots
( Info from Wikipedia)
Duluth Harbor Trivia Question for Wednesday 6/12/2013
Harbor Trivia question of the day? (You will need a Flash enabled machine to play the game)
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