One of the most beautiful ships on the Lakes…

I got word that she might be coming back, and I talked with an employee at Fraser, and they said they did boiler tests on her, and she works great!

The Ryerson is such an eye-catching ship with her futuristic looks and chrome accents. Seeing her active again would be a dream!

I worked for Fraser from "74 to 10". From what the old timers told me, the Ryerson was never converted to self unloader because Mrs. Ryerson objected. Apparently she said it would ruin the look of the ship. It is a beautiful ship. But it was also the reason it has been laid up so much. A little trivia. It's the only ship I know of with an actual bathtub in the Capt.s quarters and also guest quarters.

I certainly hope Fast Eddie makes a return. Easily the prettiest working ship on the Great Lakes ever... and IMO the best horn of any Laker period. Plus, if she's going to do runs to Hamilton, I'll be able to go see her again with my own eyes.

They ran a boiler test and engine room test last year and it came good. There’s a fair chance she may come back. I’m very excited to see some news.

Nicely done. Very informative. Hoping it comes back!

The cement hauler Aplena is a WW2 era bulk freighter that still operates under steam. If that ship can run the inland seas to this day at 80, I’m not surprised if the Ryerson would be reasonably profitable and successful despite being a straight decker. With the lack of space in her hold to accommodate a self unloading system, I imagine she can haul more than other freighters larger than her considering her size and vintage.

Thanks for the time you spent putting this together

Great video !!! (Not getting too detailed but I may know a few people with a close connection/she 90% coming back don’t know when but the contract to Hamilton is set up) 🎉

Good video! I definitely have some hope too. For the steam turbine issue, CML's Wilfred Sykes currently has a steam engine with no publicly known plans to change that, so i could see it sticking around for a while. Other than that best video on the status of the Ryerson.

Good job, Connor! I really like this channel. I almost always learn something new when you post a video. Thanks, dude! Lol. Daddy is right to be proud of his son!

I am admitting my age, but I saw her launched in Manitowoc in January, 1960. I was in 3rd grade, and all the schools in Manitowoc closed for the day to see her hit the water. Later that summer in 1960, when she was finished, she tied up at the old cheese dock in Manitowoc for an open house. I went aboard, and she was beautiful then, and still is 63 years later!

Fast Eddie l love that name lol 20 miles per hour is Amazing 😊 She is a beautiful and unique ship. Keep up the great informative videos.

If this video had a drinking game where everyone had to take a shot everytime the narrator said “return to service” we would all be alcoholics.

Edward L. Ryerson (As Mushu): I LIVE!!!!!

Great job Connor! Daddy is proud of you!

She is absolutely beautiful! I do hope she returns service.

Fabulous horn!!! Thanx Connor!! I'm very cautiously optimistic!!! That's fantastic news!

I wish a lot more people realize why we should keep these ships

As long as it’s not caught in a November storm and splits in half like the other 4 ships of the same design

This the great news we all wanted, great vid

It would be GREAT!..to see Fast Eddie back out there! Love the old fore pilot house boats!!

I got to see her in person last year. a very impressive vessel.

She is the most beautiful ship!!

My uncle was the captain of that ship from the beginning tell he had died

Seeing this beautiful, stylish, big boat at the dock for years, going over the bridge, I had always wondered if or when it would be ready to sail again. See I grew up boating, cabin cruisers, speed boats, yacht clubs and all - and I had a plan for a webcast, wont say the name, yet if it succeeded on bringing in big money - 'the plan was to buy a boat like this, build a 200 foot long wooden dance floor on the top - with a stage for live shows too, anchor it out where we would have privacy (not piracy) and people could come to the dances by launch. Oh if all this plan had not been crushed, by corporate "gang stalking" wjat a wonder full boat it could be.

She's such a beautiful, elegant spectacular beast

Awesome

Best looking laker I've seen...sleek

Saw a comment about the Edmund Fitzgerald because …of course there would be…. That said, I just find this to be a fascinating bit of history; The Herbert C Jackson looks like the Fitzgerald minus the paint scheme ….because she, the Jackson, is hull 302. The Fitzgerald was/is hull 301. Both from Great Lakes Engineering Works- GLEW. Fitzgerald’s “true-r” sister, the Arthur B Homer, was GLEW hull 303…but she was scrapped. Thus leaving us the Jackson today. The hull just prior to the Fitz from GLEW was The William Clay Ford, hull 300. She looked striking like the Fitz minus details- paint, Ford symbol (she hauled for Ford motor company). The William Clay Ford though not as famous as the Arthur M Anderson really deservedly should be as famous - or nearly so- as the William Clay Ford pulled up anchor and left safe port to search for the Fitz. The William Clay Ford was scrapped. Her Pilot house is now at the Dossin museum in or very near Detroit

she was known as "The Queen"; I made some repairs @50 yr ago. Back then company execs (Sups only or higher) took Summer cruises with families

I sailed on the Ryerson, L.E. Block and Clarence B. Randall between June 1971 and late January 1974. I was mainly on the deck but worked in the L.E.'s galley, too, and the Ryerson's deck and engine room, before my enrollment into U of Wisconsin, Madison to persue degrees in Economics. I have many fond and harrowing memories, in clouding pool games in Indiana Harbor with crewmen serving on the Edmund Fitzgerald, a "Class Mate" of the Ryerson...

I hope to see the Ryerson back on the lakes. She's a beautiful ship.

I looked at that ship constantly while on break. Wish i had seen it running when they moved it.

Would love to see the Ryerson back in the game! Prettiest boat out there! Sounds like she's in better shape than the Irvin L. Clymer and the Harry Coulby were after sitting forever in the Fraser frog pond. Definitely a good sign!

I last saw her in the soo in 1997.

That is one neat looking ship.

I am hoping the Ryerson has many years of sailing ahead she's one of the most beautiful ships between the Blough and Alpena and Anderson in my opinion. I always let time tell us the outcome when it comes to these things because things are constantly changing.

I would call it the nedward ryerson, after the guy in groundhog day lol

With a rising iron ore economy currently, she very well could. She'd likely do runs from Superior to Hamilton and to Quebec City. I hope it does, and I think it does have a chance.

Well, if they are willing to spend the money, perhaps a mounting a self unloading system along with diesel propulsion could be the answer, saving some operating costs which could offset the lost tonnage. The vessel would then be more qualified to ship and unload at a greater number of ports.

To bad she didn't go back into service, the ore market she carries fell through again. The should make her into a museum ship that way they don't have to worry about giving her a self unloader and worry about changing things out that would need to be changed.

I don't have my contacts in so I read this as the Edmund Fitzgerald. Then I heard Gordon Lightfoot in my head, even though he didn't tell me that he was coming over.

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Personally, I hope that they bring her back with a self unloading boom. It would give her a longer life

Have seen a vid of the Ryerson during a storm on a demo BNVN. Nice to see her while in service. Is the current political climate concerning steel production a co tribut

Interesting the vast difference in style between two ships built only months apart, the other being the Fitzgerald, one could almost say they could have been a decade apart.

SHP is shaft horsepower

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Ned...Ryerson. Needle-nosed Ned. Ned the Head. I dated your sister Mary-Pat until you told me not to. Ned!

She should return to service and be converted to a Classic Freighter Passenger ship. The demand would be strong to ride her around the Great Lakes. There could be several ports to visit on three or four routes. Chicago - Mackinaw Is -Sault Ste Marie - Alpena or Port Huron - Detroit - Cleveland - Toronto for the major city Great Lakes Route for a start. Another second for the Eastern Great Lakes (Lake Erie -Cedar Pt or Pelee Is- ) Cleveland - Lake Ontario -Toronto - Buffalo - St Lawrence Seaway route). A third for the Western Great Lakes Route (Chicago - Milwaukee - Traverse City - Duluth). There are many and a variety places to visit and a variety of routes/trips possible…especially Summer into Autumn!

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Is retrofitting a self unloader a economical option? Seems like that is the biggest setback behind the steam engine

Or they could put a more efficient steam system into the vessel. Steam is very efficient in comparison to most other power systems

I heard they did boiler tests. She almost works like new!

Hate to say it but they probably getting it ready for a one way trip to the scrapper. It's technology is old and the cost to re engine it would be enormous.

Dean Fraiser at KLMS confirmed.

Is this ship more beloved than the immortal Arthur M. Anderson?

I've heard that th ship can hit better than 22 mph, downhill. :D

In a google earth image from 8/10/22 the Ryerson was not moored at the location in Superior shown in the video. Also, in the same image, it was not at the Frazer Shipyards. So where was it?

She won't be "fast Eddy" anymore when she comes back, unfortunately. They're giving her the Sykes treatment and having several of her nozzles disconnected in the name of fuel economy. She'll run from Duluth/Superior to Hamilton, just waiting on the contract to be signed so they can get the rest of the money to put her in drydock. Then its a matter of finding a crew...

It looks like the Fitz

Ed? Ed Ryerson?

Keep in mind, BECAUSE she's been laid up so much, that means her engine is probably in really good shape. One of the biggest reasons for conversions isn't just fuel costs. In many cases it is a factor, but not THE factor. Usually it's just a case of fixing the damn engine in the first place. Parts run out, and it was just too expensive to justify fixing the engine anymore on many ships. With the engines probably working well, she's probably fine for a good while. Also, one way or I can almost guarantee they're going to TRY to get her operational. What that looks like is up in the air. Steel prices have been high for years, and this is a ship that is in excellent shape just sitting around. Literally no reason at this point no to try.

Shea gonna come back to service with no unloader?

Kill 2 birds with one stone add a mid body section and add a self unloader $$$$$$$