The Bradley Transportation Company, was an American shipping company that was a subsidiary of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and handled its shipment of limestone to its parent company U.S. Steel. It boasted a large fleet of self-unloading lakers that were ordered specifically for the company. The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.
Fleet + Bradley fleet image name launchdate retired notes SS Calcite 1912 1960 Scrapped in 1961. pilot house preserved and moved to 40 mile point lighthouse SS W. F. White 1915 1976 Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed Erindale. Scrapped in 1984. SS Irvin L. Clymer 1917 1990 Originally named Carl D. Bradley. Renamed John G. Munson in 1927. Again renamed to Irvin L. Clymer in 1951 Scrapped in 1994. Pilothouse sits at the Azcon dock in Duluth Minnesota SS Rogers City 1923 1981 Originally named SS B. H. Taylor Scrapped in 1988. SS T. W. Robinson 1925 1982 Scrapped in 1987 first turbo electric lake freighter SS Carl D. Bradley 1927 1958 Sank in storm 1958 Biggest Ship on the lakes until the construction of the Wilfred Sykes in 1949 SS Cedarville 1927 1965 Originally Named A.F. Harvey Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956 Sank after collision 1965 SS John G. Munson1952present Repowered 2016M/V Calcite II19292011 As the William G. Clyde she was transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1960 Repowered 1961 Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Maumee Scrapped 2011M/V Myron C. Taylor19292007 Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956 Repowered 1968 Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Calumet Collided with a harbor wall, this event would lead to her being scrappedSS George A. Sloan19432023 Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1967 Sold to lower lakes towing in 2001 and renamed Missisagi As of 2023 scrapping was underway
See also American River Transportation Company
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