Arthur M. Anderson - Horns Echoing in the Night

This is one video I suggest watching until the end!

Here is the Arthur M. Anderson seen arriving in Duluth, Minnesota at 1:00am on May 15, 2023. She was hauling in limestone to discharge at the Hallett #5 dock in West Duluth. After unloading, she would make the short hop over the CN6 dock to load taconite for delivery to Gary, Indiana. As she made her way in through the shipping canal, the Anderson surprised us with a late night captain's salute... which the Aerial Lift Bridge reciprocated. While many ship captains will withhold salutes after dark, there is nothing to stop them from saluting if the mood strikes. Certainly, those of us standing along the piers were in the mood to hear her horn in action!

After catching the action at the shipping canal, I then raced over to Rice's Point to catch the Anderson round the corner and pass under the John A. Blatnik bridge. The water in the harbor was as still I've ever seen, reflecting the Anderson's hull nicely as if she was gliding over a mirror. As she broke through the glassy water, the calm stillness was replaced with ripples that made her lights dance in the reflections. The show was nothing short of spectacular to see in person. Duluth is often at her prettiest after all the tourists have gone to bed.

The 767-foot Arthur M. Anderson was launched in 1952, being one of eight AAA-class lakers built around this time... a designation applied to a series of lakers which (at the time) were leaps forward in cargo carrying size and capacity. Her fleet mates the Philip R. Clarke and Cason J. Callaway were also built as AAA-class lakers around the same time. The Anderson is powered by a steam turbine producing 7,700 shp. In the spring of 1975. she was lengthened by 120 feet and was converted to a self-unloader during winter layup in 1981-1982. She can carry up to 25,300 tons of cargo.

The Arthur M. Anderson is most well known for being the last ship to have visual contact, radar contact, and radio contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald on the night of November 10, 1975. She was following the Fitzgerald at the time of her sinking, having lost visual contact during a snow squall. After reaching the safety of Whitefish Bay, it became clear to the Anderson's crew that the Fitzgerald had likely gone to the bottom during the storm. The Anderson's crew, led by Captain Bernie Cooper, turned around and headed back into storm to search for survivors... as no Coast Guard vessels were nearby to help search. She was joined a short while by the William Clay Ford, another AAA-class laker that had also left the safety of Whitefish Bay to assist in the search. While they found no survivors, the heroic actions of these two crews is still fondly remembered today by boat watchers and history enthusiasts. The William Clay Ford was scrapped in 1986, but the Anderson continues to sail on and remains a living legend on the Great Lakes. May she continue to sail safely for many years to come!

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