Name of vessel:

Ann Arbor No. 5

Nation:

US  Number: 208261

Type:

Propeller - steel

Dimensions:

360" x 56'3" x 18'9"

Tonnage:

2884     Gross; 1961 Net;

Date build:

1910

Place build:

Toledo, Ohio

Builder:

Toledo Ship Building Company

Date of launch:

November 26, 1910   Hull No. 118

Name change(s):   Date:

(a) Ann Arbor No. 5     1910 - 1970

Owner(s): Name    Place Date

(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

Rebuilds:

Tonnage change, 1948 (2988 gross - 2032 net).

Disposition:

Out of documentation in Spring, 1969.  Sunk as temporary breakwater at Palisades (South Haven), Mich.  Broke up during winter, 1969-1970.  In summer, 1970, hull was clam-shelled out and scrapped.

Engine Data

Type:(2) triple expansion (twin screw)
Cylinder & Stroke: 21-33-52x40
Date of Build: 1910
Place of Build: Toledo, Ohio
Builder: Toledo Ship Building Company
Engine Number:
Indicator HP: 3,600
Remarks:

Boiler Data

Type: scotch      Number: 4
Size: 13'6"x12'   Date of Build: 1910
Place of build: Toledo, Ohio  Builder: Marine Boiler Works

Vessel Remarks:

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.
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.