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The City of Midland 41 can be seen today as the deck barge Pere Marquette 41, that makes its home port in Ludington, Michigan. The barge is part of an integrated tug/barge pair with the historic tug MT Undaunted. The tug is almost as old as the ferry, built for the U.S. Navy as ATA 199 in 1944.
The deal also included acquisition of the tug USS Undaunted (ATA-199) (renamed MT Undaunted), deck barge SS City of Midland 41 (renamed ATB Pere Marquette 41), and SS Badger sister ship SS Spartan, currently in long-term lay-up. [11] [12] This was a part of a larger sale of assets.
The division became known as the "Pere Marquette District" of the C&O railroad. There were already several car ferries working out of Ludington at the time, including the Pere Marquette 21 and Pere Marquette 22, the City of Saginaw 31 and City of Flint 32, and the City of Midland 41. C&O decided to improve its ferry fleet by adding two new ships.
The deal also includes the barge Pere Marquette 41 and SS Spartan. [24] [25] It was a part of a larger sale of assets. Interlake is based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. [26] On July 21, 2023, a ramp counterweight in the ferry's Ludington terminal failed.
The Pere Marquette 1225 typically pulls hundreds of passengers on a 4½-hour excursion from Owosso to Ashley on weekends beginning in late November. One of Michigan's most famous trains, the Pere ...
Interlake Maritime Services is an American shipping firm that was created in December 2020 after Interlake Steamship Company purchased the assets of Pere Marquette Shipping Company and Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company, including the car ferry SS Badger, MT Undaunted, ATB Pere Marquette 41, SS Spartan, and MG Winfield Scott (LT-805).
Interlake Logistic Solutions is the parent company of Lake Michigan Carferry Service, operator of the SS Badger, and of Pere Marquette Shipping, operator of the barge Pere Marquette 41 (ex-SS City of Midland 41) and tug MT Undaunted (ex-USS Undaunted (ATA-199)). All are based in Ludington.
Pere Marquette Railroad. International (1872), built for Grand Trunk, later in use for Pere Marquette on St. Clair River from 1903–27; Pere Marquette 10 (built 1945), in use as ferry until 1974, in use as barge until 1995; Pere Marquette 12 (1927), sold to Canadian National in 1969, renamed St. Clair, converted to barge 1980s, in use until 1995