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MISSISSAGI

Built by Great Lakes Engineering Works in 1943

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IMO: 5128467
Call Sign: CFG8050

Technical Specifications

Key Figures

Gross Tonnage

10,588GT

Deadweight

15,787DWT

Length Overall

189.14m

Beam

18.29m

Year Built

1943

Overview

About This Vessel

Mississagi was a Type L6-S-B1 lake freighter launched in 1943. Originally she was powered by a 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) triple-expansion steam engine. In 1985 her steam engines were replaced by a 4,500 horsepower (3,400 kW) diesel engine. She was built to a design from the United States Maritime Commission by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan. She had fifteen sister ships, also built to the Maritime Commission's design, known colloquially as "Maritimers". The vessel was originally commissioned as Hill Annex. When she was acquired by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company in July 1943 she was rechristened George A. Sloan. She was bought by the Bradley Transportation Company in 1966, which converted her to a self-unloading bulk carrier. In 1967 Bradley Transportation was purchased by US Steel, which also owned Pittsburgh Steamship, which returned the George A. Sloan to Pittsburgh fleet. The George A. Sloan was sold in 2001 to Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., Ontario, Canada, and renamed Mississagi. Her final voyage was from Thunder Bay to Hamilton with a cargo of wheat, she arrived at Hamilton 8 January 2021. After being discharged she was officially retired. In April 2021 Mississagi sailed to Sarnia, Ontario, for indefinite layup. Here she was stripped for parts and equipment.

Intelligence

Risk & Sustainability

Risk scoreHigh

58/ 100

Safety38

Compliance95

Environment38

Compliance

Safety Record

Marine casualties8

Personnel CasualtyMinor
Nov 4, 2020Essar Dock, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 04 November 2020, a crew member on the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" sustained a minor injury while working in the cargo hold.
GroundingSerious
Oct 17, 2020Kingsville Harbour, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 17 October 2020, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" reported grounding at Kingsville Harbour, ON. No water ingress or damage was reported.
Striking/AllisionSerious
May 26, 2020Hamilton, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 26 May 2020, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" struck the dock while maneuvering to dock in Hamilton, ON. Major damage to the vessel and the dock was reported.
Personnel CasualtyMinor
May 29, 2019Sault Ste. Marie, ON., ONTARIO (ON)
On 29 May 2019, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" reported that a ladder being used as gangway broke and a crew member on it fell into the water in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The crew member was retrieved 15 minutes later. There were no injuries or pollution reported.
Machinery FailureMinor
Nov 27, 2018Great Duck Island, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 27 November 2018, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" sustained a main engine failure and had to anchor near Great Duck Island, ON. The vessel will be towed to Sarnia, ON for repairs.
Damage/UnseaworthySerious
Mar 26, 2018Stoneport, MI, USA, Outside Provincial Boundaries
On 26 March 2018, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" reported having sustained ice damage to its hull while in Stoneport, MI, USA.
Not InvolvedModerate
Dec 22, 2016At Essar Ore Dock in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 22 December 2016, 3 crewmembers fell in the water when the landing punt of the cargo ship "MISSISSAGI" capsized while being launched from the vessel for docking operations at the Essar Ore Dock in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The crew members were immediately retrieved from the water and sustained minor injuries.There was no damage and no pollution.
Machinery FailureMinor
Oct 2, 2016Port Colborne, ON, ONTARIO (ON)
On 02 October 2016, the bulk carrier "MISSISSAGI" reported the loss of its starboard anchor while departing the anchorage 7 nautical miles SSW of Port Colborne, ON.

Recorded marine occurrences naming this vessel.

Composite Risk

Risk Score

74/100

Elevated riskLow confidence40% component coverage

Multiple adverse factors, or a hard ship-specific signal, lift this hull above the fleet norm.

PSC detentionsno data

Sanctions exposureno data

AIS-gap & behaviourno data

Hull age100

Flag register50

A coverage-weighted blend of the 2 components we could read for this hull — the weights renormalise over only the components present, so a thin read is never inflated and a hull is never credited a “safe 0” for a signal it has no row for. This headline is flagged low-confidence (a thin or structural-only read) and should not be treated as a verdict. Higher means riskier. Derived in-house from government-open port-State-control, flag, sanctions and our own vessel data; weight it by the coverage above.

Estimated

Capacity & Classification

Cargo capacity at draughtMedium confidence

~15,787t at summer draught

Bulker · summer draught 7.99 m · 25.3 t per cm immersion

Estimated intake by draught

5.59 m~9,717 t

5.99 m~10,729 t

6.39 m~11,740 t

6.79 m~12,752 t

7.19 m~13,764 t

7.59 m~14,775 t

7.99 m~15,787 t

Design draught looks implausible for this class and size — the figures above are anchored to it, so treat them with extra caution.

Estimate only — modelled from deadweight (deadweight only) using a first-principles hydrostatic model, not measured hydrostatic tables. The design draught it is anchored to is unreliable across the fleet.

Type classification

Declared

Bulker

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Inferred from size

Bulker

density DWT/GT=1.49 is consistent with declared bulker

DWT/GT 1.49Beam/LOA 0.097Declared type: Self Discharging Bulk Carrier

Declared type is consistent with the class implied by the vessel’s size signals. Inferred via our shared size-based classifier.

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