The story of Lee A Tregurtha: an 82 year old ship on the Great Lakes

The Lee A. Tregurtha might be the most interesting Great Lakes freighter! Starting out in 1942 as a wartime oil tanker, she saw Japan surrender World War 2, and sailed the world before being converted in to a bulk freighter. She's been sailing for 82 years, and now steadily hauls bulk cargo (such as taconite, iron ore, wheat and salt.

A few facts that didn't make it into the video:
- She was tied for the longest ship on the lakes (very) briefly after her initial lengthening, earning her the title "Queen of the Lakes"
- Until her diesel retrofit (2005), she was the longest steam powered ship on the Great Lakes
- Her first conversion entirely swapped out her oil tanker mid-section for a longer, wider, and deeper cargo hold midsection...she was mostly a new ship!
- She was named after Interlake Steamship's vice chairman's wife

All video was shot by myself using my DJI Mavic 3 Classic. Music tracks are "Seeking the Truth" by J Scott Rakozy, and "Kenosis (Instrumental)" by NOVAYR, both licensed through Audiio.

Sources: https://www.interlake-steamship.com/o...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_C...