Bradley Transportation Company

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]

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

Fleet
Bradley fleet
imagenamelaunch
date		retirednotes
SS Calcite19121960
  • Scrapped in 1961.
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.
SS Rogers City19231981
  • Originally named SS B. H. Taylor
  • Scrapped in 1988.
SS T. W. Robinson19251982
  • Scrapped in 1987
SS Carl D. Bradley19271958
  • Sank in storm 1958
SS Cedarville19271965
  • Sank after collision 1965

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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