Name of vessel:

Ann Arbor No. 3

Nation:

US

Number:

107418

Type:

Propeller - steel - Ann Arbor first steel ferry - double hull

Dimensions:

258'3" x 52'3" x 15'3"

Tonnage:

1677 Gross; 996 Net;

Date build:

1898

Place build:

Cleveland, Ohio

Builder:

Globe Iron Works

Date of launch:

September 24, 1898 Hull No. 75

Name change(s):
Date:

(a) Ann Arbor No. 3 1898 - 1965
(b) Manistee 1965

Owner(s): Name - Place Date

(1) Ann Arbor Railroad Company Frankfort, Mich. 1898 - 1962
(2) Bultema Dock & Dredge Company Muskegon, Mich.   1962 - 1972
(3) Bultema-Ingram 1972

Rebuilds:

Rebuilt and lengthed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation in 1922 (306' 9" x 52' 3" x 17' 1"; 2047 gross - 935 net) 24 cars.
Tonnage change, 1945 (2047 gross - 936 net)
New cabin, Texas deck, pilot house built by Manitowoc, early 1931.
Hull strength reduced cars to 20, in 1950.
Reduced to carferry barge at Manistee, Mich., 1962 - 1965 ( 1917 gross - 1895 net)

Disposition:

Retired 1960, laid up at Frankfort, sold to John Bultema of Manistee, 1962 for reduction to barge.

Engine Data

• Type: (2) fore & aft Horizontal - twin screw

• Cylinder & Stroke: 1st stage 20 - 2nd stage 40 x stroke 36

• Date of Build: 1888

• Place of Build: Detroit, Mich.

• Builder: Samuel F. Hodge

• Engine Number:

• Indicator HP: 1,200

• Front Engines from Ann Arbor No. 1 & No. 2 car ferries - originally

Re-engined in 1923 with;

• type: triple Expansion

• Cylinders & stroke: 15.5 x 26 x 44 x 26

• Date build: 1918

• Place of Build: Denver, Colorado

• Builder: General Ordnance Company

• Indicator HP: 1,400

Boiler Data

Type: Scotch - Number: 2
Size: 11' 9" x 6' 6" - Date of Build: 1898
Place of build: Cleveland, Ohio - Builder: Cleveland Ship Building Company
Comment: from Ann Arbor No.1 & No. 2 car ferries

Remarks: Replaced with
Type: Scotch - Number: 2
Size: 12' 7" x 13' Date of Build: 1903
Place of Build: Cleveland, Ohio - Builder: American Ship Building
Installed: 1923 - Company
Type: Scotch - Number: 2
Size: 13' x 11' 6" Date of Build: 1922
Place of Build: Manitowoc - Builder: Manitowoc Ship Building Company

Vessel Remarks:

1

Link to Bowling Green Unv. Files Link to Ann Arbor RR Drawing with Specs.

2

Leave Cleveland, Ohio 11/20/1898, arrived Frankfort 11/24/1898, had encountered snow storm enroute.

3

Originally had 2 cabins on spar deck with grain hatch between for the loading of grain. Also carried package freight.

4

1921 AFE 1450 addition to sea gate

5

New cabin, Texas deck, pilot house built in Manitowoc early 1931

6

Auth Docket #225 4-25-1936 to install emergency generating and lighting set

7

Authorized to install fire detecting and sprinkler systems 2/18/1937

8

Replace hand operated life boat equipment and swinging boat davits with mechanical operated equipment, authorized 1/3/1938

9

Chartered for season, 1965, by Mackinac Transportation Company, to replaced Chief Wawatam; towed by tug Muskegon, working across Straits of Mackinac. October 30, 1967 The Mackinac Transportation Company lays up the "Chief Wawatam", substituting the barge "Manistee" and the tug "Muskegon.

10

As barge Manistee: broke tow when tow line tangled in wheel of tug Muskegon, November 16, 1967. Drift ashore just south of Frankfort, Michigan; released next day.