Bradley Transportation Company

Bradley Transportation Company

Company type	Subsidiary of Michigan Limestone
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1912
Defunct	1981
Headquarters	Rogers City, Michigan
Area served	Great Lakes
Key people	Carl D. Bradley (President)
Parent	United States Steel Corporation

The Bradley Transportation Company functioned as a shipping division under the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company, primarily responsible for conveying limestone to its parent corporation, U.S. Steel. It maintained an extensive fleet of specially designed self-unloading lakers. In the early 1980s, the company was integrated into the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet.

Fleet

Fleet of Bradley Transportation Company

image	name	launch year	retirement	details
	SS Calcite	1912	1960	Decommissioned and dismantled in 1961. Pilot house preserved at 40 Mile Point Lighthouse.
	SS W. F. White	1915	1976	Sold to Reoch Transports and renamed Erindale. Scrapped in 1984.
	SS Irvin L. Clymer	1917	1990	Initially named Carl D. Bradley, underwent two renamings. Broken up in 1994. Pilothouse exhibited at Azcon dock, Duluth, Minnesota.
	SS Rogers City	1923	1981	Originally called SS B. H. Taylor. Scrapped in 1988.
	SS T. W. Robinson	1925	1982	The first lake freighter powered by turbo-electric propulsion. Dismantled in 1987.
	SS Carl D. Bradley	1927	1958	Lost during a storm in 1958. Held the title of largest Great Lakes vessel until 1949.
	SS Cedarville	1927	1965	Originally named A.F. Harvey. Converted to a self-unloading vessel in 1956. Sank after a collision in 1965.
	SS John G. Munson	1952	present	Underwent repowering in 2016.
	M/V Calcite II	1929	2011	Transferred from Pittsburg Steamship Co., converted to self-unloader in 1960. Repowered in 1961. Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Maumee. Scrapped in 2011.
	M/V Myron C. Taylor	1929	2007	Transferred from Pittsburg Steamship Co., converted to self-unloader in 1956. Repowered in 1968. Sold to Grand River Navigation (2001), renamed Calumet. Dismantled following collision damage.
	SS George A. Sloan	1943	2023	Transferred from Pittsburg Steamship Co., converted to self-unloader in 1967. Sold to Lower Lakes Towing (2001), renamed Mississagi. Currently undergoing scrapping as of 2023.