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SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan , and Manitowoc, Wisconsin , a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities.
The S.S. Badger is having a successful 2024 season. The S.S. Badger during its stop over, Saturday, August 31, 2024, in Manitowoc, Wis. As the car ferry’s season sails to its Oct. 6 close ...
SS Ann Arbor No. 6 (1917), renamed Arthur K. Atkinson in 1959, served a route from Frankfort, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin from 1980-1982; SS Ann Arbor No. 7 (1925), rebuilt as Viking and in service until 1982; Maitland No. 1, chartered for part of 1915; SS Wabash (1927) SS City of Milwaukee, a Grand Trunk Western vessel was leased in 1978.
The Badger leaves Manitowoc at 1:30 a.m. Central time and arrives at Ludington at 6:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday-Monday. Overnight sails run each Thursday-Sunday from June 6 through Labor Day weekend.
The SS Badger made its first voyage on March 21, 1953. Its last operational voyage was Nov. 16, 1990, but it was revived in May 1992.
In December 2020, SS Badger was acquired by the Interlake Steamship Company. [11] 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.
The SS Badger makes daily trips across Lake Michigan in the summer months. Crew members discovered an electrical problem July 6.
SS North American and SS South American would continue to sail until 1967 when South American made a final run delivering passengers to the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, Quebec. In 1915, the anti- monopoly provisions of section 11 of the Panama Canal Act of 1912, ch. 390, 37 Stat. 560, 566 (August 24, 1912), which prohibited railroads under ...