Stewart J. Cort- Up-close to #1 at the Man-Made Rock Cut! (6/28/24)

This video documents the first thousand foot vessel built for the great lakes; Stewart J. Cort downbound on the St Mary's River loaded with taconite (The only thing she can load) for Indiana Harbor which has been the normal route since the start of her career in 1971. She has a #1 posted on the stern to resemble her being the first thousand footer to be built for the Great Lakes.
Coming Downbound she two single horn salutes at the rock cut. As she blew her second salute. my Tripod sadly fell over almost landing in the water however, I had a VERY lucky save and still got a decent audio of the upclose salute. From where I was standing the majority of the time allowed my camera to get the true size of the behemoth. I will defiantly be recording from Rock cut more often!
M/V Stewart J. Cort was the first 1000-foot vessel on the Great Lakes when she entered service for Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1972. Her bow and stern sections, built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, were joined together and called “Stubby” for the trip to the Great Lakes. At Erie Marine, Erie, Pennsylvania, “Stubby” was cut apart and joined with the midbody built there. The Cort is the only 1000-footer with pilot house forward. All crew accommodations are also forward. Her self-unloading system’s shuttle boom is contained within the after cabin structure. Interlake Leasing III secured the bareboat charter of the Cort in 2005.
Carrying Capacity: 58,000 Gross Tons
Overall Length: 1000.0'
Year Built: 1972
Hull Depth: 49.0'
Beam: 105.0'
Engine Horsepower: 14,400

[@janetpauca6004]

Stubby! So proud of that nickname - which is what my granddaughter calls me - all 4ft 11 of me! Hope I get to see her one of these days…..

[@hunterdaenzer]

Fun you share something in common! Cort is definitely something to try to catch!

[@BlueWaterRailfan]

Lucky you caught your camera in time! Also I'm pretty sure the guy in the blue hoodie was Super Ships!

[@hunterdaenzer]

That damn near scared the crap out of me when my tripod started to go over. That is super ships, he came with us to the soo!