 The Anna C. Minch, sometime before 1912
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| History | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} United States | |
| Name | Anna C. Minch |
| Operator | Kinsman Transit Co. Cleveland, Ohio (1903-1926) |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company |
| Yard number | 00415 |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #107846 |
| Fate | Sold to the Western Navigation Co. Fort William, Ontario Canada |
.svg){kind=small} Canada | |
| Name | Anna C. Minch |
| Operator | The Western Navigation Co. Fort William, Ontario Canada |
| Acquired | 1926 |
| Identification | Canadian Registry #153113 |
| Fate | Sank off Pentwater, Michigan during Armistice Day Blizzard on 11 November 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bulk freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 380 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Height | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
| Crew | 24 |
SS Anna C. Minch was a cargo carrier which foundered, broke in two, and sank in Lake Michigan during the Armistice Day Blizzard on 11 November 1940. The Anna C. Minch was a steam-powered, steel-hulled bulk freighter constructed in 1903 by the American Ship Building Company at Cleveland, Ohio.
All twenty-four of the crew were lost when the ship sank. The cargo she was carrying at the time of her sinking was hardwood lumber. Her wreckage is located one and a half miles south of Pentwater, Michigan, not far from the wreckage of the SS William B. Davock, which foundered and sank in the same storm.