Large Museum Quality Model. Approx 42″L x 5″W x 8.5H. Not from a Kit. With planks on frame construction method from the drawings. The wood used to build the hull is plantation acacia and the wood on the deck is joined by small pieces just as in a hand joined deck It takes out highly skilled craftsmen hundreds of hours to build this truly incredible model. The base is made of the MDF. The finished Waverly model is fully assembled and ready for display. Beautiful , you will be proud to display this unique masterpiece in your home, business or Yacht. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. SS Arthur M Anderson in August 2002 at a Duluth. Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. In service as of 2016. AAA class of lake freighter. 26,525 gross tonnage. 647 ft (197 m) (as built). Before Edmund Fitzgerald sank on 10 November 1975. The vessel’s namesake, Arthur Marvin Anderson, was director of U. It had a length of 647 feet (197 m), a 70-foot (21 m) beam. A 36-foot (11 m) depth. And a gross tonnage. Of roughly 20,000 tons. It was second of eight of the AAA class of lake freighters. The others being, in order, SS Philip R. And SS William Clay Ford. Anderson , along with Philip R. Clarke and Cason J. Callaway , were built for the Pittsburgh Steamship Division of U. Commenced on 7 August 1952, and it loaded its first cargo at the Two Harbors dock on 12 August 1952. It received several refits in its life including the addition of a new 120-foot (37 m) midsection in 1975 which added about 6,000 tons to its gross tonnage, bringing the total to about 26,000 tons. In 1981 it received a self unloading boom which improved its cargo loading and unloading. It is unique among the three Great Lakes Fleet steamships in that it has a softer midsection that prohibits loading as much cargo as the others; roughly 1500 tons less. In February 2015 Arthur M. Anderson became stuck and stranded in several feet of ice in Lake Erie. Anderson was freed from the ice on 21 February 2015 after five days with the help of the Canadian Coast Guard. Was slated to escort Arthur M. Anderson unloading at Huron, Ohio. It has been a member of the U. Steel fleet its entire life, and is still sailing as of 2016. During the winter of 197475, she was lengthened 120′ by Fraser Shipyards, Superior, Wisconsin. To an overall length. Get Images that Make Supersized Seem Small. Auctiva’s Listing Templates improve your auctions in minutes. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. The item “SS Arthur M Anderson, Great Lakes Ship, Wooden Model, 42 Fully built, Beauty” is in sale since Sunday, January 22, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Maritime\Model Ships”. The seller is “forbiddenapple” and is located in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, to all countries in Europe, to Canada, to Japan, to Australia, to Mexico, to New Zealand.