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Name of vessel:
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Wabash
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Nation:
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US Number: 226597
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Type:
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Propeller - steel
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Dimensions:
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366' x 57'7' x 19'2"
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Tonnage:
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3366 Gross - Net;
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Date build:
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1927
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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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3/19/1927 Hull No. 177
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Name change(s)
Date:
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(a)Wabash 1927-1964
(b)City of
Green Bay 1964
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Owner(s): Name Place Date
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(1)Wabash Railroad - 1927
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Rebuilds:
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1964, converted to oil-firing, car
deck raised, new single stack added.
House added to boat deck
8/9/1957
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Disposition:
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Certification allowed to expire in
1972 and stored out of service at Frankfort. Officially retired
June 13, 1974. Sold to Marine Salvage limited of Port Colbourne,
Ontario Canada. Load with scrap metal and towed to Spain to be
scrapped).
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Engine Data
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Type: (2) triple expansion
Cylinder
& Stroke: 20.5 - 34 - 56 x 36
Date of Build:
Place of
Build:
Builder:
Engine Number:
Indicator HP:
2700
Remarks:Jet condensers with 6" turbine driven pumps
for handling the condensate.
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Boiler Data
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Type: scotch - Number: 4
Size:
14'6"x12' Date of Build:
Place of build:-
Builder:
Comment:185 PSI
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Vessel Remarks:
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Traverse
bulkheads divided the hull into eight watertight compartments
beneath the main decks. Wing tanks, with a capacity of 60 tons
each for trimming. Two fresh water tanks, 3000 gallons each, one
sewage tank, 2000 gallons.
Car
decks were designed but never used.
Stateroom
capacity 40 passenger, deck capacity 360 passengers, steam heat,
electric lights. Galley, cold storage room and a one ton ice
machine.
Auth
Docket #225 4-25-1936 to install emergency generating and
lighting set , money advanced to Ann Arbor Boat Company.
Authorized
to install fire detecting and sprinkler systems 2/18/1937
Replace
hand operated life boat equipment and swinging boat davits with
mechanical operated equipment, authorized 1/3/1938
Installation
of mechanical strokers, and ash/coal handling equipment
authorized 3/31/1939, estimate cost $30,030, the fund were
advanced to the Ann Arbor Boat Company for said work.
Updated
in 1962, including conversion from coal fired boilers to oil as
well as raising her spar deck to accommodate taller freight cars.
The Wabash now sported the Detroit Toledo & Ironton Compass
Herald of her new owner on her streamline stack.
In
1963 renamed City of Green Bay a major port in Wisconsin.
On
June 13, 1974, the Ann Arbor Railroad car ferry City of Green Bay
was towed from Frankfort Harbor as dozens of onlookers sadly
witnessed the first leg of her final voyage. Originally built as
the SS Wabash, she carried an estimated million rail cars across
Lake Michigan in her 45 years of service to the Ann Arbor
Railroad
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