American Courage

American Courage was built in 1979, is 636 feet long and flies a U.S. flag

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The American Courage was built in 1979 as the Fred R. White Jr. by the Bay Shipbuilding Corp. at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She is 636 feet long and has 20 hatches that open into 5 cargo holds. She can load 23,800 tons of cargo. She was named for a man who was born in 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio. He started work as an accountant in the vessel operations department of Columbia Transportation Company in 1935. He held many leadership positions with the company. And then, they named a ship after him. In June, 2006, the boat was sold by Oglebay Norton to American Steamship and given her current name. She comes to Duluth Superior about 3 times a year, usually bringing limestone and then loading coal for a lower lakes port.