Name of vessel:

Ann Arbor No. 4

Nation:

US 

Number:

203695

Type:

Propeller - steel

Dimensions:

259' x 52' x 19

Tonnage:

1884     Gross; 1082 Net;

Date build:

1906

Place build:

Cleveland, Ohio

Builder:

American Ship Building Company

Date of launch:

October 20, 1906    Hull No. 436

Name change(s):   Date:

(a) Ann Arbor No. 4     1906 - 1937
(b) City Of Cheboygan   1937 - 1960
(c) Edward H. Anderson  1960 - 1973

Owner(s): Name    Place Date

(1) Ann Arbor Railroad Company      Frankfort, Mich.  1906 - 6/1937
(2) State of Michigan   Lansing, Mich.    1937 - 12/1958
(3) 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: 14-22.5-38x32
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"      Date of Build: 1906
Place of build: Cleveland, Ohio     Builder: American Ship Building Co.
Comment:

Vessel Remarks:

Departed Cleveland, Ohio, on 11/28/1906, arrived Frankfort, Mi, 12/7/1906.
As Ann Arbor No. 4: rolled over while loading ore cars, May 29, 1909, at Manistique, Mich; raised and righted by Great Lakes Towing Company, on June 25, 1909.
September 27, 1909 - The ANN ARBOR NO. 4 entered service after being repaired from her capsizing at Manistique the previous May.
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..
Authorized to install fire detecting and sprinker systems 2/18/1937
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.
Consumating car ferry No. 4 to Michigan State Highway Dept., Murray Van Waggoner, Commissioner, for $25,000, 6/12/1937
As City of Cheboygan, ran ferry service across Straits of Mackinac; lay idle after construction of Straits bridge.  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.