American Integrity

American Integrity was built in 1978, is 1000 feet long and flies a U.S. flag

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The American Integrity is the former Oglebay Norton. The name change happened when she and 5 of her fleet mates were sold by the Oglebay Norton Company in Cleveland to American Steamship in Buffalo in June, 2006. This is not the boat’s first name or owner change. She was built for Bethlehem Steel Company in 1978 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin as the Lewis Wilson Foy. As the Foy, she made her maiden voyage to Superior, where she took on a load of iron ore pellets for Burns Harbor, Indiana. In 1991, she was sold to the Columbia Transportation Company of Cleveland where she became the Oglebay Norton. She is one of 13 thousand foot long boats on the Great Lakes. She usually comes to Duluth to load coal, taking it to Detroit Edison although she also takes coal to Lake Superior ports such as Muskegon, Marquette and Silver Bay. She loads a couple cargos of iron ore pellets a year. The American Integrity made 34 visits to Duluth during the 2012-13 season.