Name of vessel:

Ann Arbor No. 4

Nation:

US 

Number:

203695

Type:

Propeller (2) - steel, four tracks - 22 cars

Dimensions:

259' x 52' x 19'

Tonnage:

1884     Gross; 1082 Net;

Date build:

1906

Place build:

Cleveland, Ohio

Builder:

Globe Iron Works, American Ship Building Company

Date of launch:

October 20, 1906    Hull No. 436 (Nov. 1906?)

Name change(s):   Date:

(a) Ann Arbor No. 4     1906 - 1937
(b) City Of Cheboygan   1937 - 1960 sold for $35,000, engines removed 1959
(c) Edward H. Anderson  1960 - 1973, used intact as barge

Owner(s): Name    Place Date

(a) Ann Arbor Railroad Company      Frankfort, Mich.  1906 - 6/1937
(b) State of Michigan   Lansing, Mich.    1937 - 12/1958
(c) Washington Island Storage Corp. Madison, Wis.     1958 - 1973

Rebuilds:

Tonnage and dimension change, 1923 (259'x52'1"x17'6"; 1778 gross - 722 net).
Converted to auto/passenger ferry, 1937 (259'x53'1"x16'6"; 1770 gross - 942 net).
Rebuilt in winter, 1948-49, for double end loading (1786 gross - 937 net)
Reduced to storage hulk for potatoes, 1960 (3714 gross - 3714 net).

Disposition:

Passed down, Detroit, September 28, 1973, in tow of tugs John Purves and Barbara Ann, for Welland Canal.  Picked up by Tug James Battle; passed east at Grondines, October 6, 1973, for Quebec.  Departed Quebec, in tandem with ex-car ferry City of Munusing, in tow of German tug Seetrans I, October 18, 1973, for scrapping overseas.  Dropped from documentation in Nov. - Dec. 1973.  Passed Gibraltar on November 3, 1973, for scrapping at Genoa, Italy.

Engine Data

Type:(2) - triple expansion - twin screw
Cylinder & Stroke: 14" - 22.5" - 38" x 32"
Date of Build: 1906
Place of Build:Cleveland, Ohio
Builder: American Ship Building Company
Engine Number:
Indicator HP: 2,400
Remarks:

Boiler Data

Type: Scotch      Number: 2
Size: 12' 10" x 13'      Date of Build: 1906
Place of build: Cleveland, Ohio     Builder: American Ship Building Co.
Comment:

Vessel Remarks:

1. Departed Cleveland, Ohio, on 11/28/1906, arrived Frankfort, Mi, 12/7/1906.
2. As Ann Arbor No. 4: rolled over while loading ore cars - to much weight on her side tracks, May 29, 1909, at Manistique, Mich; raised and righted by Great Lakes Towing Company, on June 25, 1909.  Arrived at Manitowoc Shipyard July 15
3. September 27, 1909 - The ANN ARBOR NO. 4 entered service after being repaired from her capsizing at Manistique the previous May
4. 1921 AFE 1441 new sea gate
5. As Ann Arbor No. 4: struck south pier at Frankfort, Michigan, February 14, 1923, while entering harbor in gale, and sank alongside pier,  Raised by Reid Wrecking Company of Port Huron, on May 21, 1923.  Taken to Manitowoc Shipyards on May 26, Completely overhauled and new cabins on main deck.  Returned to service Oct. 7, 1923.
6. 1924 AFE 1794 retirement of steamer #4 $209,294.01, 1924 AFE 1795 Rebuilding Steamer #4 $463,469.01, 1924 AFE 1538 Building and installing two fresh water tanks $329.42, 1924 AFE 1688 Replacing equipment on Steamer #4 $1,200.00.
7. Authorized to install fire detecting and sprinker systems 2/18/1937
8. The Ann Arbor Railroad receivers, Pitcairn and Nicodemus, are authorized to sell car ferry No. 4 to O. H. Budahl of Evanston, Ill., for $22,000 and as in petition that receivers and Ann Arbor Railroad Company are authorized to make appropriate application to trustees of first mortgage for release of lien on car ferry No. 4, 2/18/1937.
9. Consumating car ferry No. 4 to Michigan State Highway Dept., Murray Van Waggoner, Commissioner, for $35,000, 6/12/1937, tracks removed in Cheboyan for cargo and auto traffic.  Forward end remodeled for taking on cargo and auto either end in Detroit 1948.
10. As City of Cheboygan, ran ferry service across Straits of Mackinac; lay idle after construction of Straits of Mackinac bridge. 
11. Converted to use as potato storage hulk at Washington Island, Wis., 1959-1961; moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, in fall, 1961, for same purpose, until 1973.