Great Lakes Freighter Arthur Andersen

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.

Great lakes freighter arthur andersen.

This page provides live tracking of ships on northern lake michigan and lake huron. Led by the arthur m. Anderson unloading at zug island on the detroit river. Steel great lakes bulk freighter.

Anderson continued to sail as part of the great lakes fleet the derivative of the original pittsburgh steamship fleet until jan. For 17 years edmund fitzgerald carried taconite iron ore from mines near duluth minnesota to iron. Those aboard the arthur m. The ship is known for being the last to make contact with the.

She is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with ss edmund fitzgerald before edmund fitzgerald sank on 10 november 1975. 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. Launched feb 16 1952. 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.

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. 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. 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 is a cargo ship of the laker type.

Great lakes freighter arthur m. Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for edmund fitzgerald survivors. Built at lorain oh by american ship building co hull 868. 1 deck arch cargo hold construction hatches 24 oil fired boilers steam turbine engine 7000 shp.

Anderson unloading at zug island on the detroit river. 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.