Great Lakes Freighter Arthur Andersen

Launched feb 16 1952.

Great lakes freighter arthur andersen.

Great lakes freighter arthur m. The anderson is a favorite among ship enthusiasts and earned its place in great lakes lore when its captain and crew stayed in contact with the edmund fitzgerald during a violent lake superior. She is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with ss edmund fitzgerald before edmund fitzgerald sank on 10 november 1975. Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for edmund fitzgerald survivors.

The last ship to make contact with great lakes freighter edmund fitzgerald before it sank in 1975 is sailing once again after being out of commission for two years. This page provides live tracking of ships on northern lake michigan and lake huron. Anderson is a cargo ship of the laker type. Anderson unloading at zug island on the detroit river.

Great lakes freighter arthur m. Those aboard the arthur m. Anderson unloading at zug island on the detroit river. Built at lorain oh by american ship building co hull 868.

For 17 years edmund fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from mines near duluth minnesota to iron. When launched on june 7 1958 she was the largest ship on north america s great lakes and she remains the largest to have sunk there. Anderson continued to sail as part of the great lakes fleet the derivative of the original pittsburgh steamship fleet until jan. Ss edmund fitzgerald was an american great lakes freighter that sank in a lake superior storm on november 10 1975 with the loss of the entire crew of 29.

647 loa 629 3 lbp 70 beam 36 depth. The ship is known for being the last to make contact with the. Anderson wave to people watching from the pier in canal park in july 2019. 1 deck arch cargo hold construction hatches 24 oil fired boilers steam turbine engine 7000 shp.

Anderson the rest of the duluth based fleet of lake freighters will come out of winter layup in the coming days and enter into an uncertain time. Led by the arthur m.