The Roy A. Jodrey

[Daddy-h2O]

Can you confirm that the Jodrey is the Sister ship to the Edmond Fitzgerald?

This is something I heard a few days ago, and haven't looked into myself yet.

[mbelair]

Can you confirm that the Jodrey is the Sister ship to the Edmond Fitzgerald?

This is something I heard a few days ago, and haven't looked into myself yet.

I would have been a surprise to me, as I have never heard that tale even though divers in our area often discuss of the Jodrey.

I found these references.

http://www.ssefo.com/features/interviews/rmanning.html

Ironically there was a sister ship to EDMUND FITZGERALD built by Great Lakes Engineering Works. On April 20, 1960 EDMUND FITZGERALD's sister ship S.S. ARTHUR B HOMER was launched and was decommissioned a few years ago, but I do not know if she's mothballed or has been sent to ship breakers. ARTHUR B HOMER was the last ship built by this shipyard.

I really believe that were it not for the haunting words of Gordon Lightfoot's ballad, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," S.S. EDMUND FITZGERALD would have just been another of the ship's taken by a mighty Great Lakes' November gale.

http://www.lakehuronlore.com/Blue%20Water%20Passages.html

The Roy A. Jodrey was built at Collingwood Shipyards in 1965, three years before the Algorail. Both ships were virtual twins in appearance, and varied only by inches in overall size. Except for those inches, both were 640 feet long, by 72 feet wide, with a depth of 40 feet.

[Daddy-h2O]

Very cool, Thank you.

[mbelair]

You may find this video of the Algorail of interest.

YouTube - Algorail