Kicking it down on the turn, the Arthur M Anderson sailing out of Duluth light. May 03, 2021

The end of their 5th visit this season, The Anderson arrived Duluth with a cargo of limestone 5/2/2021 7:14:00 PM, headed straight up to the Hallett 5 dock to discharge the limestone for the next 21.8 hours. They spent a total of 23.7 hours in port. The Anderson departed light, heading up to the CN Two Harbors dock to load iron ore for Gary IN.
This was their 5th visit for the season.
They have spent a total of 126.7 hours in port so far this season.

A little bobble I found on the web from https://www.sooeveningne:

The SS Arthur M. Anderson, built in Ohio and launched in 1952, is a notable self-discharging bulk carrier on the Great Lakes, and it goes back 45 years. The Anderson was the last ship to have contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on the night of Nov. 10, 1975, before it sunk and took all 29 crew members down with it, and reported its loss to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in an attempt to search for Fitzgerald survivors.

According to George Wharton of www.boatnerd.com, the two captains, Jesse B. Cooper of the Anderson and Ernest M. McSorley of the Fitzgerald, agreed to run together maintaining radio and radar contact with each other through a forecasted storm on Lake Superior, taking the longer route by following the Canadian shore that offered more protection from the winds and waves. However, on their last leg of their run, they were exposed to extremely heavy following seas of 20 to 30 feet. The Anderson lost sight of the lights of the Fitzgerald in a squall and the Fitzgerald disappeared from the Anderson's radar. Repeated radio calls to the ship went unanswered and no ships either in or leaving Whitefish Bay reported seeing the Fitzgerald come off the lake. The Anderson reported the missing vessel to the U.S. Coast Guard. After conducting a futile search of the area for survivors, the Anderson entered into the protection of Whitefish Bay from the stormy Lake Superior in the early hours of Nov. 11.

The U.S. Coast Guard requested the Anderson to reverse course and assist in conducting another search for the Fitzgerald as well as other vessels anchored in Whitefish Bay riding out the storm. After searching, no survivors were found, not even bodies. Other than the eventual recovery of the severely damaged lifeboats, the extensive search resulted in only the recovery of various pieces of floating debris from the sinking. The Fitzgerald was later found in Canadian waters 530 feet below the surface of Lake Superior, 15 nautical miles from Whitefish Bay.

Later, Cooper was noted to have said, "I know one thing, at 3:20 in the afternoon, that ship received a mortal wound. She either bottomed out or suffered a stress fracture. I think she bottomed out." Continuing, "I honestly believe they knew they were in trouble, but Whitefish Bay was only 14 miles away and he (McSorley) thought he could make that."

The ship was named after Arthur Marvin Anderson, who was most notably the director of U.S. Steel. The ship has a gross tonnage of 26,525, length of 767 feet, a beam of 70 feet, a depth of 36 feet and a capacity of 25,300 tons.

Видео Kicking it down on the turn, the Arthur M Anderson sailing out of Duluth light. May 03, 2021 канала Paul Scinocca