I grew up in Milwaukee and always enjoyed going to Jones Island to look at the Lake boats. That's probably what encouraged me to go to sea.
About 1990-3 I remember entering Kaohsiung, Taiwan harbor and directly ahead of me were three Great Lake carriers tied up to await scrapping. Same ones I had looked at and touched as a kid. >:
Probably the US Steel boats that had been parked in Duluth/Superior for 30 years waiting for a national emergency. I have the bell and some other stuff off of one of these old dogs.