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Hon. James L. Oberstar - Captain Gives His Mom a Master Salute When Arriving for Winter Layup

If you are interested in supporting this channel to keep new videos coming, I gratefully accept tips and donations. They are used solely towards my travel expenses and equipment purchases. Click the following link if interested in helping out: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/1long... Note: No AI is used in the creation of these videos. Everything you see and hear has been recorded specifically for this channel. No shortcuts were taken! ____________________ Here is the Hon. James L. Oberstar arriving in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior on the morning of January 13, 2026. She was arriving to begin her winter layup, where she will spend the next two months at Fraser Shipyard in Superior, waiting for the new shipping season to start at the end of March. The Oberstar has spent a lot of time at Fraser over the past 12 months. She received her five-year inspection and maintenance work over the winter 2025 layup. Then, in June 2025, after suffering extensive grounding damage in the St Marys River, she spent another three months getting repairs to her bottom at Fraser. As the Oberstar made her way back for this current winter layup, her crew humorously put "Duluth Layup 2.0" on their AIS. We were treated to master salute by the Oberstar as she made her way into the shipping canal, which the Aerial Lift Bridge responded to. (As a side note, it sure sounded like the lift bridge operator was in dire need of some coffee based on his radio chatter!) We don't hear a lot of master salutes from the Oberstar, so this was a nice treat. While it may have had something to do with it being the end of her season, it probably was because the captain's mom was standing on the pier with us, welcoming her son into port! I'm sure it was a proud moment for both mother and son. After watching the arrival through the shipping canal, I caught up again with the Oberstar at Rice's Point to watch her pass under the John A. Blatnik bridge and make the turn into Howard's Bay... the narrow waterway which leads into Fraser Shipyard. (You might catch a couple of glimpses of the tugboat Missouri along the way.) The video ends with some views of the Oberstar in the daylight at her winter layup berth. We see her nestled in front of her fleet mate, the 1004-foot Mesabi Miner. I also couldn't resist catching some footage of the Michipicoten sitting nearby in the "Frog Pond," as locals call it. She patiently awaits the day that her services are needed again... if that day ever comes. One more note... I think this was the first arrival for winter layup that I ever saw occur in the rain. We had some odd weather that week, but rain wasn't what I was expecting that morning. It made recording the Oberstar's arrival extra challenging, as I simultaneously tried to hold an umbrella, adjust a tripod, run the camera, and wipe the lens clean... all happening while my fingers became increasingly numb because of the cold air. If some of my shots of the Oberstar weren't up to my usual standards, now you know why! The 806-foot Hon. James L. Oberstar started service in 1959, originally named the Shenango II. From 1967 to 2011, she was named the Charles M. Beeghly as she sailed for Interlake Steamship. In 2011, she was named in honor of the former Congressman from Minnesota who supported Great Lakes shipping and the maritime industry in general. In 2008, her steam turbine was replaced with two Rolls-Royce Marine Bergen 6-cylinder B32:40L6P diesel engines each rated at 4,079 b.h.p. A scrubbing system is in place to remove particulates and pollutants from her exhaust. She can carry up to 31,000 tons of cargo in her five cargo holds. Those holds are accessed by 25 hatches. A gravity-fed conveyor system allows her to unload her own cargo, using a 250-foot unloading boom.