Bradley Transportation Company
TypeSubsidiary of Michigan Limestone
IndustryShipping
Founded1912
Defunct1981
HeadquartersRogers City, Michigan
Area served
Great Lakes
Key people
Carl D. Bradley (President)
ParentUnited States Steel Corporation

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] The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.[3]

Fleet

Bradley fleet
imagenamelaunch
date		retirednotes
SS Calcite19121960
  • Scrapped in 1961.
  • pilot house preserved and moved to 40 mile point lighthouse
SS W. F. White19151976
  • Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed Erindale.
  • Scrapped in 1984.
SS Irvin L. Clymer19171990
  • Originally named Carl D. Bradley.
  • Renamed John G. Munson in 1927.
  • Scrapped in 1994.
  • Pilothouse sits at the Azcon dock in Duluth Minnesota
SS Rogers City19231981
  • Originally named SS B. H. Taylor
  • Scrapped in 1988.
SS T. W. Robinson19251982
  • Scrapped in 1987
  • first turbo electric lake freighter
SS Carl D. Bradley19271958
  • Sank in storm 1958
  • One of the three most recent great lake maritime disasters
SS Cedarville19271965
  • 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".
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