1903                                  Anna C. Minch                                  1940

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 415
Launched April 18, 1903

400’ LOA, 380’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, 11 hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1460 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 19, 1903(#160)
380.0 x 50.0 x 28.0, 4285 GT, 3229 NT     US 107846     to:
American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH May 21, 1903 (#161) to:
Kinsman Transit Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service 1903

Cargo hold rebuilt 1914 to arch construction and 12’ hatch centers

Stranded Dec 4, 1925 on Fox Point, Lake Michigan.  No lives lost.  Enroute to Milwaaukee WI with cargo of coal.

Sold Sept 1, 1926 to Western Navigation Co., Fort William ON (home port to Fort William ON)
Enrolled Canadian at 387.1 x 50.2 x 23.9, 4139 GT, 2880 NT     Can 153113

Foundered Nov 11, 1940 off Pentwater MI, Lake Michigan in the “Armistice Day Storm” of 1940. All 24 aboard lost.

See history in Scanner Dec 1983 (#124)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 292

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