Launched in 1910 in Toledo, Ohio, the ANN ARBOR No. 5 car ferry was 360 feet
long and 56 feet wide — the largest vessel of its type on the Great Lakes. She was
first to be fitted with a sea gate, a barrier over the ship’s open stern that could be
raised to allow car loading and lowered to prevent water from entering the care
deck. In 1966 she was sold to a construction firm that cut her down to be used as
a temporary offshore breakwater during construction of a nuclear plant near
South Haven, Michigan. She broke up during the winter storms of 1969-1970.
Photo Credit: Great Lakes Marine Collection — Milwaukee Public library and
Wisconsin Marine Historical Society
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