Published Apr 30th, 2016, 4/30/16 8:01 pm
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Name: | SS Spartan |
Namesake: | Michigan State University |
Owner: | Lake Michigan Carferry Service |
Builder: | Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, WI |
Yard number: | Hull No. 369 |
Launched: | 4 January 1952 |
Christened: | 6 September 1952 |
In service: | October 1952 |
Out of service: | November 1979 |
Homeport: | Ludington, MI |
Identification: |
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Nickname(s): | The mighty Spartan |
Status: | Inactive |
General characteristics | |
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Type: | Passenger, and automobile car ferry |
Tonnage: | 4,244 gross tons |
Length: | 410 ft 6 in (125.12 m) |
Beam: | 59 ft 6 in (18.14 m) |
Depth: | 24 ft (7.32 m) molded depth |
Installed power: | Steam, coal-fired |
Propulsion: | Two compound Skinner Unaflow steam engines, totaling 7,560 hp (5.64 MW); four Foster-Wheeler water-tube type D boilers, 450 psi (3.10 MPa) |
Speed: | 18 mph (15.6 kn; 29.0 km/h) |
Capacity: | 620 passengers, 180 automobiles, also tour buses, RVs, motorcycles, and commercial trucks |
Progress | 100% complete |
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