Bradley Transportation Company

The Bradley Transportation Company, was an American shipping company that was a subsidiary of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and handled its shipment of limestone to its parent company U.S. Steel. It boasted a large fleet of self-unloading lakers that were ordered specifically for the company.^{[1][2][dead link]} The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.^[3]

Bradley Transportation Company

Company type	Subsidiary of Michigan Limestone
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1912
Defunct	1981
Headquarters	Rogers City, Michigan
Area served	Great Lakes
Key people	Carl D. Bradley (President)
Parent	United States Steel Corporation

Fleet

Bradley fleet

image	name	launch date	retired	notes
	SS Calcite	1912	1960	Scrapped in 1961. pilot house preserved and moved to 40 mile point lighthouse
	SS W. F. White	1915	1976	Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed Erindale. Scrapped in 1984.
	SS Irvin L. Clymer	1917	1990	Originally named Carl D. Bradley. Renamed John G. Munson in 1927. Again renamed to Irvin L. Clymer in 1951 Scrapped in 1994. Pilothouse sits at the Azcon dock in Duluth Minnesota
	SS Rogers City	1923	1981	Originally named SS B. H. Taylor Scrapped in 1988.
	SS T. W. Robinson	1925	1982	Scrapped in 1987 first turbo electric lake freighter
	SS Carl D. Bradley	1927	1958	Sank in storm 1958 Biggest Ship on the lakes until the construction of the Wilfred Sykes in 1949
	SS Cedarville	1927	1965	Originally Named A.F. Harvey Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956 Sank after collision 1965
	SS John G. Munson	1952	present	Repowered 2016
(In her grand river navigation days)	M/V Calcite II	1929	2011	As the William G. Clyde she was transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1960 Repowered 1961 Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Maumee Scrapped 2011
The Taylor (left) in her Pittsburg Steamship Co. configuration	M/V Myron C. Taylor	1929	2007	Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956 Repowered 1968 Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Calumet Collided with a harbor wall, this event would lead to her being scrapped
The Sloan as the Mississagi	SS George A. Sloan	1943	2023	Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1967 Sold to lower lakes towing in 2001 and renamed Missisagi As of 2023 scrapping was underway

References

1. Van Heest, V. O. (2012). Lost & Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks. In-Depth Editions. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-09801750-5-9.
2. Micketti, Gerald (1995), The Bradley boats, G.F. Micketti, retrieved 9 January 2019
3. French, David. "United States Steel, Great Lakes Fleet".

External links

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