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 byuilt 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, laidup at Frankfort, sold to John Bultema of Manistee, 1962 for reduction to barge.

Engine Data

Type: (2) fore & aft Horizontal - twin screw
Cylinder & Stroke: 20 - 40 x 36
Date of Build: 1888
Place of Build: Detroit, Mich.
Builder: Samuel F. Hodge
Engine Number:
Indicator HP: 1,200
Engines from Ann Arbor No. 1 & No. 2 car ferries - orginally

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:
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:

Leave Cleveland, Ohio 11/20/1898.  Originally had 2 cabins on spar deck with grain hatch between for the loading of grain.  Also carried package freight.
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
Chartered for season, 1965, by Mackinac Transportation Company, to replaced Chief Wawatam; tow by tug Muskegon, working across Straits of Mackinac.
As barge Manistee: broke tow when line tangled in wheel of tug Muskegon, November 16, 1967.  Drift ashore just south of Frankfort, Michigan; released next day.