DLA Lays Historic Great Lakes Watercraft to Rest
February 19, 2021
February 19, 2021
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news:
After 75 years of service, the floating crane derrick "Paul Bunyan" departed the Soo Locks in northern Michigan under its own power in late December to bravely face dismantlement under a Defense Logistics Agency scrap sales contract.
The custom barge, originally fabricated in Muskegon, Michigan, at a cost of over $1 million when commissioned . . .
After 75 years of service, the floating crane derrick "Paul Bunyan" departed the Soo Locks in northern Michigan under its own power in late December to bravely face dismantlement under a Defense Logistics Agency scrap sales contract.
The custom barge, originally fabricated in Muskegon, Michigan, at a cost of over $1 million when commissioned . . .