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Arthur M. Anderson
SS ''Arthur M. Anderson'' is a cargo ship of the lake freighter, laker type. She is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with before she sank on November 10, 1975. ''Arthur M. Anderson'' was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' survivors. The vessel's namesake, Arthur Marvin Anderson, was director of U.S. Steel, a member of its finance committee and vice chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. at the time. The ship was Ceremonial ship launching, launched in 1952 and is in active service. History SS ''Arthur M. Anderson'' came out of the drydock of the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio, Lorain, Ohio in 1952. She had a length of , a Beam (nautical), beam, a depth, and a Gross register tonnage, gross tonnage of roughly 20,000 tons. She was second of eight of the AAA class of lake freighters; the others being, in order, , , , , , , and . ''Arthur M. Anderson'', along with ''Philip R. Clarke'' and ''Cason J. Callaway'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huron, Ohio
Huron is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,149 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Huron Township surrounds the City of Huron. History and culture Huron Township was at the center of the "Firelands" region of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The first permanent settler in the area that became Huron Township was a Quebec-born trapper, trader and interpreter named John Baptiste Flammand (or, "Flemming"; and often misspelled "Flemmond"), who established a trading post about 1805, approx. two miles inland upon the east bank of the Huron River. Other French traders had preceded him, including Gabriel Hunot in the 1780s. Huron Township was established in 1809. Huron Village was later established between 1821 and 1824, when a town plat was surveyed, and port facilities at the mouth of the Huron River were developed; and the village quickly became a major shipbuilding center in the 1830s. Milan Townsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
