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Which is the largest warship to enter the Great Lakes from the St. Lawrence, and through the Welland Canals? Also, how about the largest warship to get into Lake Ontario, but too big to pass the...

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The ex-USS Little Rock is at Buffalo as a museum ship. I don't know what they had to do to get it there.

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With a length of 610' 1", beam of 66' 4" and a draft of 20', the USS Little Rock is an easy fit for the Welland Canal. Of course, to get to Buffalo, NY you don't need to enter the Welland system, IIRC.

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Of course, to get to Buffalo, NY you don't need to enter the Welland system, IIRC. Yeah you do, Buffalo is on Lake Erie.

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I once had a boss who went through in the late '50s as a midshipman on one of the three CA biggies (N. News, Salem, Des Moines: not sure which).

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hoist40 wrote: Of course, to get to Buffalo, NY you don't need to enter the Welland system, IIRC. Yeah you do, Buffalo is on Lake Erie. Oh bugger, you're right. My only memories of Buffalo are those...

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The St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal locks have the same limiting ship size, L730'*B78'. Allowable draft varies slighty but a little over 26' in general. The allowable beam was increased slightly...

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Des Moines is gone... someone recently posted pics of her in the scrapyard. She was towed on August 21, 2006 to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping, and arrived there September 7. By July 2007, she had...

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JBren1 actually your information is a bit wrong seeing the the Rt. Hon. Paul J Martan is 739'07" long and has a 78' beam. This is the largest laker that is able to pass the Welland Canal (I believe)....

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Because of the soaring cost of metals like copper, zinc, steel, and a few others, scrapping is very profitable again. I'm sure other ships waiting around for the torch might be heading to Brownsville...

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"JBren1 actually your information is a bit wrong seeing the the Rt. Hon. Paul J Martan is 739'07" long and has a 78' beam. This is the largest laker that is able to pass the Welland Canal (I believe)....

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Would A Canadian Halifax class frigate fit through the locks?.. (away from my books at the moment..) was a destroyer HMCS Haida that sat at Ontario Place(Toronto) for a very long time as a tourist...

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A Halifax is considerably smaller in every dimension than a Des Moines class cruiser or a large Laker, so yes they can.

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If someone wanted to find out I believe that the Des Moiens class CA USS Salem is preserved as a floating museum The could test it using her.

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I'm surprised no one here mentioned the US paddle-wheel training aircraft carriers USS Wolverine and Sable, which were consigned to the Great Lakes during WW2, IIRC.

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San Mao An wrote: I'm surprised no one here mentioned the US paddle-wheel training aircraft carriers USS Wolverine and Sable, which were consigned to the Great Lakes during WW2, IIRC. iirc, both ships...

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emc wrote: San Mao An wrote: I'm surprised no one here mentioned the US paddle-wheel training aircraft carriers USS Wolverine and Sable, which were consigned to the Great Lakes during WW2, IIRC. iirc,...

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emc wrote: San Mao An wrote: I'm surprised no one here mentioned the US paddle-wheel training aircraft carriers USS Wolverine and Sable, which were consigned to the Great Lakes during WW2, IIRC. iirc,...

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