Parichay
Roger Blough ek prasiddh Great Lakes bulk carrier hai, jo 1972 mein American Ship Building Company dwara Lorain, Ohio mein banaya gaya tha. Yeh jahaz apne samay ka ek adbhut udaharan tha, jo mukhya roop se taconite iron ore ko Lake Superior se Lake Erie aur Lake Michigan ke bandargahon tak le jaata tha. Iska naam United States Steel Corporation ke poorv chairman Roger M. Blough ke naam par rakha gaya tha.
Nirmaan aur Prarambhik Itihaas
Roger Blough ka nirmaan 1968 mein shuru hua tha. Yeh jahaz do alag-alag hisson mein banaya gaya tha: pehla bow section, jiska keel 3 September 1968 ko rakha gaya aur 21 December 1968 ko launch kiya gaya; doosra stern section, jiska keel 29 December 1969 ko rakha gaya. Dono hisson ko 25 July 1970 ko joda gaya. Nirmaan ke dauraan, 24 June 1971 ko engine room mein ek bhayanak aag lagi, jisme chaar logon ki jaan gayi aur jahaz ko bhari nuksaan hua. Is ghatna ke karan, jahaz ka launch ek varsh tak vilambit ho gaya, aur antatah 3 June 1972 ko ise launch kiya gaya.
Visheshatayein aur Design
Roger Blough apne samay ka ek advitiy jahaz tha, jo 858 feet lamba aur 105 feet choda tha. Iski ek visheshata iska shuttle-type unloading boom tha, jo pichle hisse mein sthit tha. Yeh boom dono taraf 50 feet tak extend ho sakta tha, jo ise kuchh nirdisht bandargahon par hi unload karne ki anumati deta tha, jaise ki Gary, Indiana aur Conneaut, Ohio.
Sewa Itihaas
Apne sewa kaal ke dauraan, Roger Blough ne kai chunautiyon ka samna kiya. 11 January 1973 ko, yeh Straits of Mackinac mein barf ke beech PHILIP R. CLARKE ke pichle hisse se takra gaya, jiske marammat American Ship Building Company dwara ki gayi.
27 May 2016 ko, yeh jahaz Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior mein Gros Cap Reef par aground ho gaya. Is ghatna ke baad, taconite cargo ko SS Philip R. Clarke aur Arthur M. Anderson mein transfer kiya gaya, aur phir jahaz ko Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin mein marammat ke liye bheja gaya.
2021 ki Aag aur Uske Baad
1 February 2021 ko, Roger Blough ek baar phir museebat mein pada jab yeh Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin mein winter layup ke dauraan engine room mein lagi aag se prabhavit hua. Is aag se pichle hisse mein bhari nuksaan hua, lekin koi chot nahi aayi. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ke anusaar, is aag se $100 million se adhik ka nuksaan hua.
Vartamaan Sthiti
October 2022 mein, Roger Blough ko Sturgeon Bay se Conneaut, Ohio ke liye tow kiya gaya, jahan ise long-term layup ke liye rakha gaya. August 2024 tak, yeh jahaz Conneaut, Ohio mein docked tha.
Vartamaan mein, Roger Blough sewa mein nahi hai aur uska bhavishya anishchit hai.
Nishkarsh
Roger Blough ka itihaas ek majbooti aur sahas ki kahani hai. Apne nirmaan se lekar vartamaan tak, is jahaz ne kai chunautiyon ka samna kiya hai. Aaj, yeh Conneaut, Ohio mein sthit hai, apne bhavishya ke faisle ka intezar kar raha hai.
