Name of vessel:

Ann Arbor No. 2 

Nation:

US 

Number:

106984

Type:

Propeller - wood - Hull 5" oak, sheathed 4' above and below water line with 3/16" steel, designed for 14 knots

Dimensions:

264'2" x 53' x 14'7"

Tonnage:

1444      Gross; 572   Net;

Date build:

1892 

Place build:

Toledo, Ohio

Builder:

Craig Shipbuilding Company

Date of launch:

December 7, 1892    Hull No. 56

Name change(s) :  Date:

(a) Ann Arbor No. 2     1892 - 1916
(b) Whale   1916 - 1927

Owner(s): Name    Place Date

(1) Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan    Frankfort, MI     1892 - 1895
(2) Ann Arbor Railroad  Frankfort, MI     1895 - 12/1913
(3) Manistee Iron Works Manistee, MI      12/1913 - 1916
(4) United Fuel & Supply Company    Detroit, MI 1916 - 1924
(5) William Nicholson   Detroit, MI 1924 - 1927

Rebuilds:

Hull strength in 1906
Reduced to barge at Manistee, Mich, 1914-1916 (264'2"x53'x14'2"; 1444 gross - 1444 net)

Disposition:

In collision with steamer William E. Corey, abandoned in 1927

Engine Data

Type: 3 fore & aft Horizontal Compound ( 1 in bow, 2 in stern)
Cylinder & Stroke: 20 - 40x36
Date of Build: 1892
Place of Build: Detroit, Mich.
Builder: S.F. Hodge & Company
Engine Number: 216, 217, 218
Indicator HP: 325 each
Remarks: Bow engine was remove in 1896, installed in Ann Arbor No. 3

Boiler Data

Type: fire box    Number: 3 (1 bow, 2 aft)
Size: three boilers (2) 15' x 10' 6"; (1) 15' x 6' 6', operating pressure 125 psi.  All three boilers could be connected to aft engines if desired.   Date of Build: 1892
Place of build: Buffalo, NY  
Builder: Lake Erie Boiler Works
Comment: Bow boiler 15' x 6' 6" boiler removed with forward engine 1896
Type: Scotch      Number: 2
Size: 12'7"x13'   Date of build: 1901
Place of build: Cleveland, Ohio
Builder: American Ship Building Co.

Vessel Remarks:

1. Vessel designed by Frank E. Kirby
2. In service Jan. 1, 1893. 
3. Hull strengthed in spring of 1907
4. Boats No. 1 & No. 2 originally built with the overhead and ships extended aft on the car deck causing little clearenace for equipment causing damage to cargo and equipment.  Sides and overhead cut down for a distance of about 50 feet in mid 1890's.
5. Boats No. 1 & No. 2 fitted with grain hold after the forward engine was removed in the area it had occupied.
6. Last revenue trip 9/29/1912. 
7. Retire at Frankfort, Mich., in 1913. 
8. Left in tow of Ann Arbor No. 4, on October 10, 1914, for Manistee, Mich., where hull was stripped of machinery and converted to sand barge.  One boiler went into lumber steamer Marshall F. Butters, and the other into passenger/freight streamer Petoskey.