SS City of Midland 41

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SS City of Midland 41 leaving Ludington in July 1976
History
United States
Name	SS City of Midland 41
Namesake	Midland, Michigan
Operator	Pere Marquette Railway (1941–1947) Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (1947–1983) Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company (1983–1988)
Route	Ludington, MI to Milwaukee, WI, Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, WI, and Ludington, MI to Kewaunee, WI
Builder	Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Cost	$ 1.75 million
Yard number	Hull number 311
Launched	September 18, 1940
Completed	March 1941
Maiden voyage	March 12, 1941
Out of service	November 1988
Identification	Official No. 240326 IMO number: 5073894
Nickname(s)	Queen of the Lakes
Fate	Cut to barge in 1997
General characteristics
Tonnage	3968
Length	406 ft (123.75 m)
Beam	58.2 ft (17.74 m)
Installed power	Steam (Coal-fired)
Propulsion	Two Skinner Engine Company Unaflow engines
Speed	18 mph (15.6 kn; 29.0 km/h)
Capacity	72 staterooms, 50 automobiles, 34 freight cars on four tracks

SS City of Midland 41 was a train ferry serving the ports of Ludington, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Kewaunee, Wisconsin, for the Pere Marquette Railway and its successor, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from 1941 until 1988. The ferry was named after the city of Midland, Michigan.