He turned and gave the departing vessel as snappy salute. Her tanned face broke into a big smile as she gave the jovial crowd an impish wink and waved enthusiastically to them. It was the captain. Until then, I am simply an amateur boat photographer who likes chasing ships and sharing my photos and experiences. Vessel MESABI MINER is a cargo ship sailing under the flag of United States of America. It was a pain in the ass to do so, but he had to admit that the world he used to know was changing. The same crew member was on the bow waving to the crowd on both days. Alder getting closer to departing dry dock, Wide track, narrow track, everywhere a track track. Her IMO number is 7390272 and MMSI number is 366904880. (Captain Mitch Hallin Dep. And, even more remarkable, she wasn’t even very old. More to the point, what was this woman doing on what he always thought of as his ship? The North Breakwater was closed but the South Breakwater was open so the fisherman could get out for the opening of the season. This was taken the end of April.

He took two fast steps, and in his haste to get away almost knocked over a young girl about ten years old wearing a Minnesota Twins baseball hat. She was a delight to be around and was already an accomplished hockey player. The ship’s captain gave out a call to those watching to enjoy the beautiful day. If the young captain could sense Jerry’s skepticism, she didn’t let on.

This was one of the first nice days in all of April. The mining company typically owned the boarding house. Jerry was aghast. (Miners in the Mesabi mines were paid $1.95 to $2.55 per day for perhaps 257 days a year of work.

The moon was just setting over the Duluth Lift Bridge in the early morning. The crowd called out and waved back excitedly. It was heading out into Lake Superior to break up the ice outside the harbor. It was the middle of the afternoon around 3:30 when they went past me so once again not the greatest light but we …

He quickly apologized to the young girl who smiled and said cheerfully, “That’s okay, mister.”. Log in.

It showed a ship leaving the docks and heading toward Canal Park.

After entering the harbor it was met by several tugboats that were breaking ice near the refueling station. There was still a bit of ice in the shipping canal. Random Photos from Canal Park Duluth, Minnesota, Copper Peak International Ski Flying Hill, Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad ore dock, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, South Breakwater Inner Light Duluth Minnesota. It made a wide circle and became the first ship to enter the Duluth Harbor because the Mesabi Miner was still waiting for a slip to free up. I kept looking at the AIS tracking on my phone and it clearly showed that the Miner was going to enter through the Duluth entrance. By Gary Giombetti Mesabi Tribune 8 hrs ago; HIBBING — The Hibbing/Chisholm High School girls soccer team is three games into their season under first-year coach Britny Berg. This is the only AIS site I can find that covers the Duluth/Superior Area. Discover (and save!) He pulled down his seed company cap to shade his eyes, and used his binoculars to watch as the ship slowly made its way toward where he was standing, close to the shipping canal between Lake Superior and the Port of Duluth. As I was nearing the harbor entrance I notice a ship leaving the harbor. The Mesabi Miner The huge iron ore freighter was thirty miles out when Jerry Jorgenson saw it appear on the horizon, barely visible, a tiny spec. Well, to that you could add the Mesabi Miner, thought Jerry, as he watched the huge vessel’s slow but steady progress.

It was the Biscayne Bay a Coast Guard Icebreaking Tug. Later in the morning the Indiana Harbor left its winter layup in Superior and exited the Superior entrance to the harbor. Main ship particulars are length of … There had been a full moon a couple of days before. I’ll bet my pension check from the steel workers union that she’s going to sink the Mesabi Miner to the bottom of the canal. It shows the location on any ship broadcasting an AIS signal.