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Created: 2018-11-24 11:00:39 PM
Last Edited: 2025-07-08 10:22:34 AM

Charles M. Beeghly	Charles M. Beeghly	Shenango II (1965/09)	Shenango II (1965/09)
Shenango II (1965/09/04)	Charles M. Beeghly (1977)	Charles M. Beeghly (1986)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2011/10)
Hon. James L. Oberstar (2011/10/01)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2012/03/26)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2012/03/26)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2012/06)
Hon. James L. Oberstar (2015/06/24)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2017/08/07)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2018/06/21)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2018/06/21)
Hon. James L. Oberstar (2019/08/10)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2019/08/10)	Hon James L Oberstar (2023/06/28)	Hon. James L. Oberstar (2023/06/28)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	American Ship Building Company	Location:	Toledo, Ohio, United States	Hull #:	193
Keel Layed:		Launched:	1958/11/22	Commissioned:	1959/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 General Electric steam turbine engine	Output:	9350 shp (6975 kW) - 15.5 knots
	Manufacturer:	General Electric Company - Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Year: 2008	Type:	2 Bergen B:32:40L diesel engines	Output:	8500 shp
	Manufacturer:

Dimensions
Year: 1972	Length (oa):	245.68 m (806.0 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	15483
	Length (lbp):	239.58 m (786.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	10290
	Beam:	22.92 m (75.2 ft)	Dead Weight:	32412
	Depth:	11.43 m (37.5 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	8.478 m (27.8 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Shenango Furnace Company - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA		1959/05	1967/02
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Pickands Mather & Company - USA	1967/02

Fleet	From	Until
Shenango Furnace Company - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	1959/05	1967/02
Interlake Steamship Company - Cleveland, Ohio	1967/02

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Shenango II	1967/02
Charles M. Beeghly	2011/02
Hon. James L. Oberstar

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
US 278807	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States	WL3108		1959/05	1967/02
US 278807	Wilmington, Delaware, United States	WL3108	366904890	1967/02

Description

In 1972, the Charles M. Beeghly was lengthened by 96 feet at Fraser Shipyards (Superior, Wisconsin). She was converted to a self-unloader at Fraser Shipyards in 1981.

Her steam turbine power plant was replaced with two Bergen B:32:40L diesels during the 2008-2009 winter layup period. She returned to service in June 2009.

In 2010 the Charles M Beeghly was renamed the Hon. James L. Oberstar honoring the former congressman of the same name from Minnesota who served the US House of Representatives for nearly a half century.

Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at Yard	Beached:	Work Began:
Lost		Date:

Comments

Nov 29, 2020
10:15 PM

Very nice laker, looks very much like CAROL LAKE. Am I right in thinking that they were built using the same blueprints. After all, Carryore was a U S Company .
Posted by: DANIEL BERUBE