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.
Great lakes freighter arthur andersen.
Built at lorain oh by american ship building co hull 868.
The location data for these ships is currently coming from a receiver at my house but i hope to move that up to the stutsmanville repeater site sometime soon to improve coverage.
The ship is known for being the last to make contact with the.
Steel great lakes bulk freighter.
Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for edmund fitzgerald survivors.
Anderson wave to people watching from the pier in canal park in july 2019.
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 unloading at zug island on the detroit river.
1 deck arch cargo hold construction hatches 24 oil fired boilers steam turbine engine 7000 shp.
This page provides live tracking of ships on northern lake michigan and lake huron.
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.
She is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with ss edmund fitzgerald before edmund fitzgerald sank on 10 november 1975.
Those aboard the arthur m.
What was believed to be long term layup at the canadian national dock 6 in western duluth mn to be held in reserve until business conditions warranted a return to service.
Great lakes freighter arthur m.
Launched feb 16 1952.
Anderson unloading at zug island on the detroit river.
Anderson is a cargo ship of the laker type.
Led by the arthur m.
Anderson continued to sail as part of the great lakes fleet the derivative of the original pittsburgh steamship fleet until jan.
647 loa 629 3 lbp 70 beam 36 depth.
Great lakes freighter arthur m.