Elmer Engman, our Duluth correspondent, reports that on July 6th there was a lot of activity around the port. The cadet training ship, STATE OF MICHIGAN, was pulling into the dock behind the entertainment center. She was built in 1985 at Tacoma, Washington, and is 224 feet long with a beam of 43 feet. There is a crew of 15 with 2 instructors and 38 to 69 cadets.
The STATE OF MICHIGAN was behind the USEPA LAKE GUARDIAN. She was built in 1981, and is180 feet long with a beam of 40 feet. There is a crew of 14 with up to 28 scientists on board. Both ships show up in the Twin Ports every year but it is rare to see them at the same time.
Photos by Elmer Engman
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Elmer Engman is a long time resident of the Duluth area. He started scuba diving in 1968, because of an interest in maritime history, and wrote the first dive guide for the area called, Shipwreck Guide to the Western Half of Lake Superior. He is a past board member of the SS Meteor Maritime Museum and the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association. He is also the founder of the Maritime history program called “Gales of November”. This program is usually held on the second weekend in November.
