MV Buffalo

Algoma Buffalo (formerly Buffalo) is a diesel-powered Lake freighter owned by Algoma Central Corporation. This vessel was built in 1978 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.

Buffalo at Cleveland
History
United States
Name: MV Buffalo
Namesake: Buffalo, NY
Operator: Algoma Central Corporation
Builder: Bay Shipbuilding Company[1]
Yard number: 721[1][2]
Launched: 1978[1]
Completed: 1978
Acquired: 1978 by American Steamship Company, 2015 by Algoma
Identification:
Status: In service as of 2019
General characteristics
Class and type: Lake freighter
Tonnage:
  • 11,619 gross tonnage[1]
  • 8,036 net tonnage[1]
Length:
  • 634 feet 10 inches (193 m) (overall)[3]
  • 615 feet (187 m)[1]
Beam: 68.1 ft (20.8 m)[1]
Draft:
  • 27 ft 11.875 in (8.53123 m) (Midsummer Draft)[3]
  • 38 ft (12 m) (hull depth)[1]
Propulsion: two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines, 7,000 SHP[3]

The ship is 634 feet 10 inches (193.50 m) long and 68 feet (21 m) wide, with a carrying capacity of 24,300 Gross Tons (at midsummer draft), limestone, gypsum, coal or iron ore.[3]

History

The ship was built for American Steamship in 1978 and named for Buffalo, New York, where the company was founded.[3] In late 2017 the ship was purchased by Algoma Central Corporation.

The ship was involved in an incident in Bay City, Michigan in September 1990 when it created a wake that exploded another vessel.

References
  1. "Vessel Documentation Query". NOAA/US Coast Guard. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. Colton, Tim. "Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03.
  3. "M/V Buffalo". American Steamship.


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