SS Milwaukee Clipper
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SS Milwaukee Clipper, also known as SS Clipper , and formerly as SS Juniata, is a retired passenger ship and automobile ferry that sailed under two configurations and traveled on all of the Great Lakes except Lake Ontario. The vessel is now docked in Muskegon, Michigan.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Owner |
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Operator | Milwaukee Clipper Preservation INC |
Route | Muskegon to Milwaukee |
Ordered | 1904 |
Builder |
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Way number | 1190 |
Laid down | 1904 |
Launched | December 22, 1904 |
Christened | 1904 |
Completed | 1905 |
Acquired | 1905 |
Maiden voyage | As rebuilt, June 3, 1941 |
Identification |
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Status | Docked in Muskegon, Michigan |
Notes | Museum Ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 361 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Height | 89 |
Draft | 19 |
Depth | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Decks | 6 |
Installed power | American Quadruple Expansion Steam |
Propulsion | Single Screw |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Capacity | 900 Passengers |
Crew | 55 Crew |
Notes | Last Ship of Her Kind |
SS Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) | |
Location | Grand Trunk Ferry Dock Muskegon, Michigan (formerly Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana) |
Coordinates | 43°13′19″N 86°17′45″W |
Area | Muskegon |
Built | 1904, Rebuilt 1941 |
Architect | American Shipbuilding Co. Redesigned in 1940 by George G. Sharp |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Streamlined Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 83003570 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1983[1] |
Designated NHL | April 11, 1989[2] |
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