Walter J. McCarthy Jr.

Built in two sections by Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; this twin-screw self-unloading bulk carrier was christened as the Belle River on July 12,1977 for the American Steamship Co. She was the first thousand-footer built at Bay Shipbuilding and currently is 1 of 13 such vessels plying the Great Lakes. This design was used in the construction of the thousand footers Burns Harbor, Columbia Star, Indiana Harbor, and the Oglebay Norton.