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Originally Posted by pj3000
Pleasure cruise ships, yes... but I'm sure you realize the massive lengths of Great Lakes freighters. I believe the shortest one of the fleet is nearly 700'... with multiple 1,000+ footers. Just have to mention since I don't think most people realize the absolutely monstrous ships that navigate the Lakes (and since my grandfather built two of the biggest, the Cort and the Tregurtha, both 1,000 footers).
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Oh yes, I'm quite familiar with the massive lake freighters that ship taconite, coal, stone and other bulk goods all around the lakes.
I was specifically talking about passenger ships, and I don't think the great lakes have ever seen anything as large as a 30,000 ton cruise ship before, in the passenger ship category.
The massive ore boats like the Stewart J Cort and the other 1,0000 footers are roughly 3x that size.