Paul R. Tregurtha Aground in Duluth, Sept. 20, 2014

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The Paul R. Tregurtha of The Interlake Steamship Company ran aground in the mud just off the shore of Bayfront Festival Park around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2014. With a full load of coal (68,000+ tons!), it was on its way out of the harbor to the Aerial Lift Bridge when it failed to navigate the turn toward the bridge. The cause is under investigation.
The Great Lakes Towing Company tugboats Kentucky and Minnesota teamed up at the bow and stern to free the "thousand footer" from the mud just off shore. The Tregurtha was freed at 7:00 p.m. and proceeded to undergo an inspection.
At 1013.5 feet, the Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship to navigate the waters of Lake Superior and is a favorite of many boat watchers in the Duluth Harbor and the shipping canal. (unofficially known as the "Queen of the Lakes")
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@mmbmbmbmb 9 лет назад

Excellent footage of the mighty Paul R.! Had the joy of being at Duluth with my, now deceased, Tugboat-Captain-Sweetheart, while Paul R. Tregurtha was arriving. Even though I think the Lee A. is more "impressive" ... together they surely make a handsome "couple" ... ;o) Thank you for the great shots!

@Danim24 9 лет назад

It's like watching something from 1960, but in HD!

@jamesbraun9842 6 лет назад

Danim24 if it was 1960 the boats would still be going through.

@TWLML420 3 года назад

She's my favorite vessel.

@possum2big 9 лет назад

Great vid ! Thank you for posting. I couldn't help but think if they couldn't get it loose that this would make a great sequel to Mike Mulligan and The Steam Shovel.

@kenolsen1845 5 лет назад

Very nice, thank you !

@markrhuett 7 лет назад

This old tug still has the old Cleveland 12 278A engine....antique.

@scdevon 6 лет назад

They are underpowered and almost useless when a ship like this gets into trouble. They are cool antiques, but they need a modern tug with 3X the HP for work like this.

@2snowgirl520 7 лет назад

Great tugboat action! I love tugs. I bet somebody got reamed out.

@shadetree6981 7 лет назад

The lake level is up at less a good foot since 2014.

@VinzentDk 5 лет назад

Cute little tuggies 😄

@jannordlund4272 7 лет назад

These Tugs make it all happen with these great ships..

@charlieandpattisplace 10 лет назад

Thanks for sharing..I've never been down there to watch the ships..Would be fun someday to do that.....

@RadiantSpiritGallery 10 лет назад

Thanks for viewing, Charlie! It is very fun to see those thousand footers go under the Aerial Lift Bridge and through the narrow canal. We never tire of it. :)

@charlieandpattisplace 10 лет назад

RadiantSpiritGallery Your welcome and very well done...Maybe someday we'll see it done....

@blackhawks81H 7 лет назад

RadiantSpiritGallery It really is great seeing those ships isn't it? I've never made it to Duluth, but I lived in Sault Ste Marie for 8 years. The best was seeing one of the thousand footers coming in with the sunrise on a cold morning

@stoneyj1a1 6 лет назад

Great Lakes towing tugs, small but capable, my old man used to work for them

@bearbon2 8 лет назад

What engine does the Kentucky have. Sounds like EMD or Fairbanks-Morse 2-stroke. Love the sound, especially when he notches it up to full.

@markrhuett 7 лет назад

bearbon2 Cleveland 12 278A

@bagwan98 6 лет назад

Dear Great Lakes Towing,1000 ft freighters have been around since the 70's, it might be time to get some higher horsepower tugs?

@daddyrabbit835 7 лет назад

The size of these boats cannot be shown through pictures or videos. I was just at the bow of the ole PRT last week with my little boat... it was dwarfed.

@jimsonbrown9768 5 лет назад

The old lakers look much better with the forward wheelhouse and sharp bow.

@dianedugas9505 6 лет назад

Is he making progress at all?

@proscriptus 10 лет назад

We're going to need a smaller boat.

@johnburns4017 6 лет назад

Has that tug got a wooden hull?

@stevevlietstra629 2 года назад

The camera contrast from. Wow beautiful in Duluth to. Whoa that’s not good!

@marioblut5579 3 года назад

crazy oldschool Ships

@jamiesmith1881 8 лет назад

Was the tregurtha working its props

@TheKira699 6 лет назад

Do they have stern anchors? would have come in handy in that scenario I've seen it done before to drop the hook before running aground and haul in and pull yourself free. Alternatively the tug can take the anchor out and drop it...try the same trick...or simply with the cable.

@Jim-hw1xr 5 лет назад

I didn't see it freed.

@terrencebradley5417 6 лет назад

There are two kinds of captains: them what has gone aground and them what is gonna go aground'

@Bands1999 10 лет назад

Thanks for the video,Two Great Lakes tugs, tug Kentucky at her bow; tug Minnesota on the stern 10,000 a hour. Tug Kentucky pouring on the coal. Duluth, New tugs for old tugs,The Kentucky and the North Dakota will be replaced by the Arkansas and Indiana. The tug Kentucky and North Dakota will go in for maintenance and will go to New ports after service.

@RadiantSpiritGallery 10 лет назад

Bands1999 Wow, the Tregurtha's parking spot was alot more expensive than the $5 I paid at the festival grounds! ~Dawn

@heatherlontcoski3423 7 лет назад

Bands19pop

@Romans--bo7br 6 лет назад

Bands 1999..... is the Kentucky powered by ABC or a Naturally Aspirated EMD? Sound like V12's either way and if EMD.. is it a 567 Series or early 645 Series from the mid 1960's (the 567 Series was 1st gen. EMC/EMD... after Winton)? What year was the Kentucky first launched? They both sound rather similar even though one is a 4 cycle (ABC) and the other (EMD) a 2 cycle.

@USAIRFORCE621 8 лет назад

The 1st mate said to the Captain "sir you suck at parallel parking!"

@shadetree6981 7 лет назад

That soft mucky bottom around Lakehead boat basin will stick any vessel that goes too far out of the channel around the bend. Very shallow. Even the most seasoned captains will get hung up if they're skirting the edge of the channel. Not a good place for 1000 footers to pass other vessels.

@bigden725 7 лет назад

was in same spot on land in 2016 july 4th firework

@bruceg.6282 5 лет назад

I would have been nice to have a bird's eye view.

@echobase1648 2 года назад

Did the ship get a new captain after this?

@jeanhutchinson6198 7 лет назад

So nobody has commented on the storm clouds in the background starting about 1:50 with the lowering wall cloud in the center?

@MrGOLDENSHOT25 6 лет назад

Jean Hutchinson That's actually why I clicked on this particular video :p

@collin27 6 лет назад

Its a shelf cloud with rising scud looking like a wall cloud not to mention its an extremely high based storm

@oriolesfan129 3 года назад

Today is 11/28/2020. Is Paul still stuck 😏?

@sandysutherland2182 6 лет назад

Wait for the tide???

@timmanor1864 5 лет назад

It's the great lakes they dont have a tide

@kenolsen1845 5 лет назад

😄😄😄😄😄

@2snowgirl520 7 лет назад

Anyone know the depth of the water there?

@jarrettdodge9060 6 лет назад

The depth was around 18 feet deep. By looking at the vertical numbers on the bow she was drafting approximately 26 feet. So the Tregurtha was stuck in 8 feet of mud

@bagwan98 6 лет назад

Less than 26'05" obviously.

@RU-zm7wj 5 лет назад

We don't get to see it break free? Just an old tug fruitlessly pushing?

@christopherniceley8848 Год назад

Why is it so close to shore???

@RadiantSpiritGallery Год назад

They intended to go from the harbor, under the Aerial Lift Bridge, and out to Lake Superior, but didn't make the turn. I never heard what caused this costly mistake/malfunction.

@mnsirens 8 лет назад

Lots of ships have ran Aground on they're way to the Aerial Bridge. Even the Mighty Edmund Fitzgerald is Guilty of It

@michaelcanney7218 7 лет назад

Mikey. driver's a putz

@jarrettdodge9060 6 лет назад

A number of reasons can cause a grounding. Misheard commands, mechanical failure, etc. I don't speculate anything on the crew unless the investigation shows it was human error.

@mrnrguy 3 года назад

No Tides so you can't just wait for the water to rise.

@silverviking33 7 лет назад

is it only me, or is a huge u f o in the sky to the right of this boat?

@johnburns4017 6 лет назад

Was this grounding the fault of the tugs? The tugs do not look powerful enough to control fully laden carriers like these.

@richardgoldman8761 6 лет назад

John Burns Looks empty.

@scdevon 6 лет назад

How about a little help from the ship's main engines maybe? What about the bow thrusters? It doesn't even seem like the ship itself is even offering any help except for a brief period where smoke is rolling out of the smoke stacks. Why aren't the ship's main engines in full astern the entire time?

@hexoticace8667 3 года назад

Lakers do not use tugs nor pilots in this port to guide them in.

@isobelwilson3461 6 лет назад

Dooohhhh ohhh homeyyyyy lol

@dammikafernando7728 6 лет назад

😨

@jamesmcguire764 9 лет назад

this captain but a hole in the ship a few yrs ago tring to leave winter lay uo now this he has a masters license as well as a pilot license did he get fired?????? or was it mechanical.

@gimpcornet 9 лет назад

James Mcguire Actually Captain Tim Dayton, who was involved in the incident where the ice put a hole in the ship retiired in July of 2014 so he was not involved in the grounding incident. BTW - I am sure that it was Management's call as to when to begin the season and to begin in spite of the worst winter in years where it had thicker ice than previous years. The Captain was told to take her out at that time and did what he was told to do. The ship was suppossed to have thick enough steel to be able to operate in ice.

@Capt737AA 8 лет назад

+gimpcornet Lol... The same thing Capt Smith was told before taking the Titanic out on it's maiden voyage!!

@michaelcanney7218 7 лет назад

James Mcguire. putz driving

@michaelcanney7218 6 лет назад

How many points on his driving record for this genius move, same ship same thing on st marys river

@diecastexcept6096 8 лет назад

How 🤔🙄

@jamiesmith1881 8 лет назад

Didn't turn in time

@maxsungwd 6 лет назад

Don't you fresh water guys have any real tugboats?

@dave3682 6 лет назад

Actually, yes, some of the largest tugs in the world are on the Great Lakes (like the 153-foot Presque Isle). For this particular incident, nothing better was operational in the area, so older tugs had to be used.

@alexhayward4194 9 лет назад

Congrats, captain, you have been demoted :P {No he really wasn't :P}

@alexhayward4194 9 лет назад

Yea, Tugboat ain't doing well eh? Whats even the point of it if it takes 4 hours to push a boat :P?

@alexhayward4194 9 лет назад

Alex Hayward Ok, ignore those comments. I was just tired and when im tired im not in thebest of moods

@ernierichardson2526 8 лет назад

+Alex Hayward Everyone is blaming Captain Tim Dayton but he was retired in July of 2014 so he was NOT in command of PRT when it grounded in Duluth. Captain in command doesn't seem to be mentioned but it was NOT Tim Dayton

@jarrettdodge9060 6 лет назад

New captain not used to a large vessel is my best guess. Tim was a great captain