CSL Assiniboine - Cautious Canadian Comes to Town

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Published 2023-01-25
Here we have the CSL Assiniboine, arriving in Duluth, Minnesota on December 16th, 2022, just 10 minutes after the Mesabi Miner departed (which was captured in my previous video -    • Mesabi Miner - Giant Worker Muscles t...  ). Having waited outside the Superior entry for 3 days as a result of the storm, she was no doubt ready to come up to Duluth and load some iron ore at the CN dock (the Miner having just vacated it).

(For more context on the storm that kept shipping at a standstill, check out my previous video of the Philip R. Clarke departing -    • Philip R. Clarke - Rolling Out After ...  )

(Apologies for the shaky cam; I did not have a proper tripod, and was reduced to handholding everything. In retrospect, maybe not the best decision. Next time I visit, I promise I'll have better equipment)

This was the fifth and final ship that I was able to witness during my vacation to Duluth. It being late morning, and having been promised an arrival so soon after the Miner's departure, the crowd of over 30 people remained to see the CSL Assiniboine arrive. As the Maritime Visitor Center docent remarks on the PA, she was traveling exceptionally slow through the ice. But, with the weather she had just had to endure that week, we can't fault her for being a little more careful, especially since the snow in the air made it virtually impossible to see beyond the end of the canal. However, that became a problem when she seemed as though she was trying to get by without a horn salute! Luckily, at the prompting from the docent, enough people waved their arms that the captain eventually sounded a deep, rumbling salute as the pilothouse passed us (indeed, right before the horn sounds, a man can be heard joking "No waving! No more waving.") After she passes under the bridge, both the tugs Missouri and Kentucky were on hand to assist, as she began her turn right out of the canal.

As the docent gives all the relevant details about the laker, I'll give what I can on the tugs:

The 88 foot Missouri was built in 1927 as the Rogers City, for one of US Steel’s corporations. After a handful of ownership and name changes, she was eventually was sold to the Great Lakes Towing Company in 1990, and renamed Missouri. She was converted from steam to diesel in 1981, and is currently powered by a 2,250 HP Alco 12-251F diesel engine.

The 84 foot Kentucky was built at the Great Lakes Towing Company’s Cleveland yard in 1929, and was converted from steam to diesel in 1959. She's powered by one Cleveland 12-278A diesel engine, making 1,250 bhp.
All Comments (10)
  • @adriannegrillo8394
    She's an amazing looking and sounding ship! Definitely incredible. Her horns are fabulous!
  • @1Long2Short
    Now I can comment on your ship videos! 😁 Nice slow arrival there, with extra time to enjoy the view. Glad you got a salute, which is never a given with CSL ships.
  • @yoyo762
    Soo locks must be open. Mild winter so why not??
  • @asstudio2613
    Корабль 🚢 какой огромный. Наверное очень много тонн грузов везёт. Я под✍ ся, а вы?
  • @MonthlyFailsVideoResearch
    Hey MultiPurposeReviewer, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) 🙂 Cheers, Felix