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Mr. Aird was born May 5, 1923 at
Toronto, ON; trained as a lawyer being appointed to the Queen's Counsel on January 1, 1960 and was a former Chairman of the Board of Algoma Central Railway.
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at
Collingwood on 21 October 1982 and towed to Port Arthur. The two parts were joined at Port Arthur and the vessel was launched on 18 December 1982. The ship was named for the then
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proportions and had a depth of 14.1 m (46 ft 4 in). The ship was equipped with a 79.6 m (261 ft 0 in) deck-mounted boom for unloading its cargo.
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by the wife of the lieutenant governor in a private ceremony, after an incident aboard the ship prior to a public ceremony on 3 June 1983. Prior to the construction of
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and suffered $ 500,000 damage from a coal fire in her self-unloading machinery on 16 October 1990 while at
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was the last vessel constructed for Algoma
Central during an era of expansion by company. The vessel was
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during that time, which had named the vessel for a former chairman of the
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of 23.5 m (77 ft 1 in). The vessel had a
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Ministry of
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in May and destruction was finished on 14 June 2017.
395:(22 km/h; 14 mph). The ship was built to
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445:. The bulk carrier was completed in June 1983 and
322:until 2017. The vessel was owned and operated by
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340:was the last vessel built for the company.
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410:ordered the ship to be constructed at
233:222.5 m (730 ft 0 in)
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502:, Sierra Leone. The ship arrived at
788:Ships built in Collingwood, Ontario
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239:219 m (718 ft 6 in)
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746:Ships of the St. Clair River
377:controllable pitch propeller
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424:Port Arthur Shipbuilding
412:Collingwood Shipbuilding
120:Collingwood Shipbuilding
488:Indiana Harbor, Indiana
302:was a self-discharging
192:General characteristics
187:Broken up, 14 June 2017
778:Great Lakes freighters
693:Cite journal requires
443:Algoma Central Railway
391:a maximum speed of 12
357:between perpendiculars
328:Algoma Central Railway
773:Algoma Central Marine
498:and re-registered to
476:Saint Lawrence Seaway
367:(GT) of 22,881 and a
320:Saint Lawrence Seaway
109:, Sierra Leone (2017)
428:Port Arthur, Ontario
416:Collingwood, Ontario
124:Collingwood, Ontario
551:Miramar Ship Index
474:lost power in the
369:deadweight tonnage
755:978-0-9818157-1-8
636:Wharton, George.
626:Bawal Jr., p. 30.
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268:(9,459 bhp)
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718:Marine Link
544:John B.Aird
420:yard number
418:, with the
344:Description
316:Great Lakes
130:Yard number
96:(1983–2017)
50:(1983–2017)
783:1982 ships
767:Categories
725:18 January
654:16 January
594:16 January
580:(8002432)"
556:16 January
546:(8002432)"
514:References
480:Snell Lock
461:registered
447:christened
273:Propulsion
174:IMO number
154:In service
678:0020-1537
508:broken up
455:in 2013,
397:seawaymax
381:kilowatts
336:in 2013,
310:that was
276:1 shaft,
149:June 1983
146:Completed
500:Freetown
432:launched
312:launched
138:Launched
107:Freetown
73:Operator
738:Sources
585:Equasis
578:John B.
496:John B.
359:with a
207:Tonnage
178:8002432
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116:Builder
54:John B.
37:History
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504:Aliağa
228:Length
56:(2017)
393:knots
289:knots
284:Speed
63:Owner
750:ISBN
727:2018
699:help
674:ISSN
656:2018
596:2018
558:2018
484:coal
361:beam
318:and
249:Beam
197:Type
184:Fate
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157:1983
42:Name
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