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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Anna C. Minch

Ship owner: Kinsman Transit Co.; Western Navigation Co.

Ship builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Engine builder: American Ship Building Co., Lorain, Ohio

Year ship built: 1903

Year engine built: 1903

Final disposition: Foundered off Pentwater, Michigan in the Armistice Day Storm, November 11,1940 with the loss of 24 lives.

Notes:

Wreckage rests in two pieces, heavily flattened by ice and waves.

Remarks:

Owners:

1) Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland, Ohio

2) Western Navigation Co., Ft. William, Ontario (1927)

Registry number: US.107846; C.153113

Hull number: 415

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 28 ft.

Width: 50 ft.

Length: 380 ft.

Stroke length: 40 in.

Gross tonnage: 4285

Net tonnage: 3229

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 22 in.

Piston 2: 35 in.

Piston 3: 58 in.

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