Sankaty

Postcard image of the steamer Sankaty off of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
History
Name	Sankaty (1911–1947) Charles A. Dunning (1947–1964)
Owner	New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamboat Company (1911–1924) New England Steamship Company (1924–1925) Snow Marine Company (1925–1931) Stamford-Oyster Bay Ferries Corporation (1931–1940) Northumberland Ferries (1947–1964)
Port of registry	New Bedford, Massachusetts (1911–1925) Rockland, Maine (1925–1931) Bridgeport, Connecticut (1931–1940) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (1947–1964)
Builder	Fore River Works, Quincy
Yard number	192
Launched	February 2, 1911
Completed	April 1911
Out of service	1964
Fate	Sunk in 1964
Canada
Name	Sankaty
Acquired	1940
Commissioned	September 24, 1940
Decommissioned	August 18, 1945
Fate	Returned to commercial service 1945
General characteristics as built
Tonnage	677 GRT
Length	195 ft (59 m)
Beam	32 ft (10 m) (at waterline) 36 ft (11 m) (on deck)
Draught	9.6 ft (2.9 m)
Depth	13 ft (4 m)
Installed power	Triple expansion engine
Propulsion	2 propellers
Speed	14 knots (16 mph)

Sankaty (a.k.a. HMCS Sankaty, a.k.a. Charles A. Dunning) was a propeller-driven steamer that served as a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts; in Rockland, Maine; Stamford, Connecticut and Oyster Bay, Long Island in the United States from 1911 to 1940. During World War II, the ship was requisitioned by the Royal Canadian Navy for service as a minelayer and maintenance vessel along the Canadian Atlantic coast. Following the war the ship returned to a ferry, working the Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island and Caribou, Nova Scotia route in Canada from 1947 until 1964. While being towed to the breaker's yard, the ship sank off the coast of Nova Scotia on October 27, 1964.