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SS Arthur M. Anderson in August 2002 at a Duluth ore dock.. SS Arthur M. Anderson came out of the drydock of the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio in 1952. [1] She had a length of 647 feet (197 m), a 70-foot (21 m) beam, a 36-foot (11 m) depth, [1] and a gross tonnage of roughly 20,000 tons.
SS Arthur M. Anderson. launched in 1952, is known for having last contact with Edmund Fitzgerald and was the first vessel on-scene to search for the Edmund Fitzgerald. [57] MV Paul R. Tregurtha currently holds the title "Queen of the Lakes" as the largest ship on the lakes since launching in 1981.
SS Arthur M. Anderson - Last Ship to have Contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald; SS Cason J. Callaway; SS Phillip R. Clarke - First vessel of the 'AAA' Class ore carriers; the Anderson and the Callaway are also of this class. The three are sometimes referred to as the "Triplets" because the three ships are nearly identical in dimensions and ...
Almost half a century ago, one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history unfolded when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald cargo freighter sank in Lake Superior amid a potent storm that stirred up ...
SS American Fortitude, originally built as Ernest T. Weir, sold to Oglebay Norton in 1978, renamed Courtney Burton. SS Arthur M. Anderson, built in 1952 in Lorain; SS Carl D. Bradley, built in 1927 in Lorain; SS Cason J. Callaway, built in 1952 in Lorain; SS Phillip R. Clarke, first of eight AAA-Class freighters, built in 1952 in Lorain
Great Lakes Fleet operated eight Great Lakes bulk carriers ranging from 1,004 feet long to 767 feet long. Among its carriers was the SS Arthur M. Anderson, notable for being the last ship to have radio contact with her sister ship the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and would be the lead ship to attempt to rescue her crew. [citation needed
However, on November 10, the anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald with all hands in Lake Superior, the Lift Bridge exchanges a special salute with the SS Arthur M. Anderson when it comes into Duluth Harbor in honor of the Fitzgerald and its crew as the Anderson was the last lake freighter to have contact with the Fitzgerald ...
The Home Depot cofounder Arthur M. Blank's family office is being sued by two private-jet flight attendants. They say they were overworked, and Blank's family office "falsified time records."