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Name of vessel:
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Ann Arbor No. 5
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Nation:
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US Number:
208261
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Type:
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Propeller (2) - steel ,
four tracks, 30 cars
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Dimensions:
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360' x 56.3' x 18.9'
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Tonnage:
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2884 Gross;
1961 Net;
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Date build:
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1910
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Place build:
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Toledo, Ohio
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Builder:
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Toledo Ship Building Company
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Date of launch:
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November 26, 1910 Hull No. 118
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Name change(s): Date:
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(a) Ann Arbor No. 5 1910
- 1970
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Owner(s): Name Place Date
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(1) Empire Trust Company New
York, NY (Ann Arbor
Railroad Co., Mgrs.) Frankfort, Mich 1910-1943
(2) Ann Arbor Railroad Company Frankfort, Mich 1943-6/1966
(3) Bulk Food Carriesr, Inc. San Francisco, Cal. 1966-12/1966
(4) Hudson Waterways Corporation New York, NY 1966-8/1967
(5) US Maritime Commission Washington, DC 1967-1967
(6) Bultema Dock & Drege Company Muskegon, Mich 1967-1970
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Rebuilds:
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Tonnage change, 1948 (2988 gross - 2032 net).
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Disposition:
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Out of documentation in Spring, 1969. Sunk as temporary breakwater at Consumers
Power Nuclear Power Plant, Palisades
(South Haven), Mich. Broke up during
winter, 1969-1970. In summer, 1970, hull
was clam-shelled out and scrapped.
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Engine Data
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Type:(2) triple expansion (twin screw)
Cylinder & Stroke: 21"
- 33" - 52" x 40"
Date of Build: 1910
Place of Build: Toledo, Ohio
Builder: Toledo Ship Building Company
Engine Number:
Indicator HP: 3,600
Remarks:
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Boiler Data
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Type: scotch Number:
4
Size: 13' 6" x 12', 185 psi. Date
of Build: 1910
Place of build: Toledo, Ohio Builder: Marine Boiler Works
Remarks: received major
boiler repairs summer of 1960
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Vessel Remarks:
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- Designed by Frank E. Kirby along the general pattern of Robert
Logana Pere Marquette RR ferries.
Turned over to railroad 1/1/1911,
was first Great Lakes carferry to fitted with seagate 5' 6"
high.
- Nicknamed "Bull of the Woods" reported to be
the best ice breaker of the fleet.
- September 22, 1913 - The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 struck bottom in the
Sturgeon Bay Canal and damaged her rudder and steering gear. After
undergoing repairs at Milwaukee, she was back in service the following
October
- In 1918 a slip joint on the main steam line of the Ann
Arbor #5 let go, killing four men and badly scalding one other.
The dead were: Lon Boyd, W.T. Archie Gailbraith, 1st assistant engineer
Arthur R. Gilbert, coal passer William Herbert Freeman, 2nd engineer.
- Auth Docket #225 4-25-1936 to install emergency generating and lighting set
- Authorized to install fire detecting and sprinker systems
2/18/1937
- Replace hand operated life boat equiptment and swinging
boat davits with mechanical operated equipment, authorized 1/3/1938
- Christen by Katherine Holliday. Vessel was used as
"trade-in-tonnage" by Hudson Waterways Corporation, for C-4 class
cargo vessel Marine Adder. Sold by
Maritime commission to Bultema Dock & Dredge Company for $27,775. Towed from Frankfort, Mich., to Manistique by
tug Muskegon on December 1, 1967.
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