LEADER 03725oam 22005174a 450 001 9910524857803321 005 20230621141330.0 010 $a9780814343371 010 $a0814343376 035 $a(CKB)3840000000329673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5526581 035 $a(OCoLC)1056021956 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59940 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88558 035 $a(Perlego)2998794 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000329673 100 $a19930824d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aQueen of the Lakes$fMark L. Thompson 210 $cWayne State University Press$d2017 210 1$aDetroit :$cWayne State University Press,$d1994. 210 4$dİ1994. 215 $a1 online resource (220 pages) 225 1 $aGreat Lakes books 311 08$a9780814343364 311 08$a0814343368 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 208-212) and index. 330 $aThis book is an account of the ships that have borne the name "Queen of the Lakes," an honorary title indicating that, at the time of its launching, a ship is the longest on the Great Lakes. In one of the most comprehensive books ever written on the maritime history of the lakes, Mark L. Thompson presents a vignette of each of the dozens of ships that have held the title, chronicling the dates the ship sailed, its dimensions, the derivation of its name, its role in the economic development of the region, and its sailing history. Through the stories of the individual ships, Thompson also describes the growth of ship design on the Great Lakes and the changing nature of the shipping industry on the lakes. The launching of the first ship on Lake Ontario in 1678 - the diminutive Frontenac, a small, two-masted vessel of only about ten tons and no more than forty or forty-five feet long - set in motion an evolutionary process that has continued for more than three hundred years. That ship is the direct ancestor of all the ships that ever have operated on the Great Lakes, from the Str. Onoko, launched in 1882 and the first ship to bear the name Queen of the Lakes; to the Str. W. D. Rees, which held its title for only a few weeks, to today's Queen, the Tregurtha, the longest ship on the lakes since its launching in 1981.Although ships on the Great Lakes may be surpassed in size and efficiency by many of the modern ocean freighters, Thompson notes that the ships now sailing on the great freshwater seas of North America have achieved a level of operating mastery that is unrivaled anywhere else in the world, considering the inherent limitations of the Great Lakes system. The Tregurtha reigns as a model of unsurpassed maritime craftsmanship and as heir to a long and glorious tradition of excellence. Every magnificent ship that has borne the title in the past has contributed in some part to the greatness embodied in the Tregurtha. In time, her title as Queen of the Lakes will pass to another monumental freighter that will carry the art and science of shipbuilding and operation to even greater heights. 410 0$aGreat Lakes books. 606 $aShipping$zGreat Lakes (North America)$xHistory 606 $aBulk carrier cargo ships$zGreat Lakes (North America)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aShipping$xHistory. 615 0$aBulk carrier cargo ships$xHistory. 676 $a387.2/45/0977 700 $aThompson$b Mark L.$f1945-$01086969 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524857803321 996 $aQueen of the Lakes$92720990 997 $aUNINA