Algoma Compass

The Algoma Compass (formerly the Roger M. Kyes) and (Adam E. Cornelius) is a self-unloading bulk carrier lake freighter built in Toledo, Ohio in 1973 for the American Steamship Company.[1][2]

Algoma Compass in Owen Sound
Adam E. Cornelius downbound at Detroit.

While most lake freighters are powered by four-stroke engines the Compass is powered by a pair of two-stroke diesel engines.[3][4]

The vessel has earned a reputation as a "hard luck" ship, experiencing mechanical failures, and groundings.[3][4]

The vessel is equipped with a conveyor system below her holds, and a self-unloading boom.[2]

History

She was originally named after Roger M. Kyes, a former executive with General Motors and former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, who served from 1969-1970 as the chairman and chief executive officer of the American Steamship Company.

In June 1989, she was renamed, after Adam Edward Cornelius, one of the co-founders of the American Steamship Company, after an older ship named after him was sold.[3][4] She was the fourth vessel to be named after Cornelius.

She was laid up in Toledo, Ohio in 2012-14 and in Huron, Ohio in 2015. In late 2017 she was sold to the Algoma Central Corp. of St. Catharines, Ontario and renamed the Algoma Compass. She returned to service in May 2018 after being laid up for nearly two-and-a-half years.[4]

See also

References
  1. Don Lee (September 26, 2014). "Maumee River busy with new project, freighter action". Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Free Press. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015. Cornelius, a 680-foot, self-unloading bulk freighter, was built in Toledo and launched in 1973 as the Roger M. Kyes, the name she had until 1989. She is the largest ship to have been built in Toledo, and at the time of her launch was the first new vessel to have been built at the Toledo shipyard since 1959, according to the Great Lakes site boatnerd.com
  2. "M/V Adam Cornelius". American Steamship Company. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015. The M/V Algoma Compass powered by two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines. The vessel uses a conveyor system below its cargo holds to transport cargo to an inclined conveyor system that elevates the cargo to the deck-mounted boom conveyor. For maneuvering in port, the vessel is equipped with 1,000 HP bow and stern thrusters.
  3. George Wharton. "Adam E. Cornelius -- (Roger M. Kyes 1973 - 1989)". boatnerd. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  4. Wharton, George. "Algoma Compass, Adam E. Cornelius, Roger M. Kyes". boatnerd. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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