ARTHUR M ANDERSON an up-close look at her shipyard plans from 1951 

It is so sad to see only a few of the classic lake boats left. The Anderson is definitely one of the best, if not the best looking boat left on the lakes!

What a nice detailed review. I now have more to look forward to when it becomes a museum ship. Thanks for your work here Wes. My favorite ship.

I've seen the Anderson many times, but never from the inside out. Thanks for this!

Thanks for sharing this information. It has been most helpful as we are building a slightly compressed O Scale (1/4" = 1 foot) model of the AMA for our RR museum. Our Anderson will be as built in 1952 and be about 11 feet long. A RU-vid progress report is in the works. (If it ever quits snowing ) ☺

The design of the old Great Lakes ships is truly an art of its own

Thanks for posting! I'm a huge nerd for this kind of stuff, and I always wondered how these internal spaces were arranged.

This is awesome Wes! Thanks!!! The Anderson is one of our favorite ships, she has history, dignity and honor. We love seeing her still making her daily work trips. Thanks for sharing this!

Thank you, sir.

From your earlier videos you gave a good explanation of guest quarters and that had me wondering about the engineering spaces. Thanks for covering that, Wes!

Thank 's Wes, I really enjoy information on the practical details of this, or, any ship. Pictures of any ship at large are a pleasure to see, but details of the fabric of a ship really bring it home. I have two excellent photos of the Anderson, if I may say so myself, taken when she was tied up at the SCRC yard in Marine City this past summer. I often load limestone at St. Clair Aggregates, previously known as Mc Clouth Yards, at Marine City, Michigan' was a shipyard at one time. The road commission yard is the next property to the south. Lot's of cool freighter pics on my phone, but some of the best are actual pictures I took back in the 90's, my Kenworth was pretty new, and, back then, nobody said anything if I climed up on the limestone piles to take pictures of freighters, or trucks, or both. My favorites are a series of three, the Wolverine had just let go her lines, and was moving into the river, northbound, for another load. I have previously commented of some of the productions you have shared. I mentioned submarines, which may have made you wonder where I was coming from. It was a short bit of time that I realized that I had a publication from you. "WORLD WAR II & THE GREAT LAKES" I am a Sub fan. My Dad served on the USS Grouper, 214, not built in Manitowac, but just like the ones built there, +, or, -.

Thank you!

Excellent video. I wish one of the Anderson's crew members would make a video of the interior to post on RU-vid. Being that the Anderson is most definitely the most beloved boat on the lakes I'm sure a boat-load of people would take interest in video in which she's featured.

Thanks Wes Very Very Informative!

Thanks Wes, Nicely done.

Amazing engineering. Thanks

I recently found your channel and find it Fascinating!! Great topics and Excellent Presentation..... your vast knowledge is noteworthy....

thank you for this video

Too old to work now, but would love to sail on her... I learned something - Thanks, Teach! ;)

Great tour by way of the ships drawings. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

very good detailed explanation ...thank you

Very interesting Wes. I learned a lot.

hats off Mr. O, you run my new favourite channel!! I assume you are aware of Chief MAKOi's output also? to anyone else who has washed up here, he's well worth supporting

thank you so much, now I can make her model!

I hope the Anderson is preserved after she is retired. It would be sad to see a historic ship get scrapped.

Great info on probably the most popular ship due to the paired notoriety. Thank you for doing these vids on the classic lake freighters, the barge style MVs just don't have the more graceful look.

Nice video! Greetings from the birthplace of the Anderson, Lorain OH!

The AAA triplets are: the Arthur M. Anderson, the Phillip R. Clarke, and the Cason J. Callaway. In actuality, though, the Anderson has seven sisters, including the Clarke and Callaway. The other five are: the J.L. Mauthe, the Reserve, the Armco, the Edward B. Greene, and the William Clay Ford.

Nice Vid

I have a place right at the mouth of the Detroit River where it flows into Lake Erie. The AMA was crossing right in front of my place yesterday (coming from either Monroe or Toledo), and I couldn't even see her-the lake was very rough, with high winds, rain, and fog.

Hey W. Wes Olsezewski, Is it possible for you to talk about all the Job Positions of a Crew in a LakeBoat? I am interested in the arrangement and the different roles different crew members play.

Could you go over all the differences in the 8 vessels of the class in a future video?

I have never heard of the bathrooms of lakers called "the water closet" but it's I think my new favorite nickname!

Thank you. A clear, no nonsense description of a well loved ship. Do you have, or are you making any more like it? Do any of these or like plans exist in open sources?

I remember the documentary made in the 1990's and the captain of the Anderson was interviewed. Going from memory he made a comment to the coast guard that if he went back out there could be two boats on the bottom. He also said that he had a lot of confidence in his ship and thought that she was "indestructible" - his adjective. I am sure you have probably seen the documentary I am thinking of. I can't recall it's name.

Great vlog as always. Strange that the lakers do not have owners suites on any of the ships.

Thank you that is so cool to see the Anderson's deck plans. To any detailed plans exist for the Fitz?

This ship should become a museum in the end maybe it could be left to sail like the old conversion ships for day trips I dont know if an upgrade to make a deck on top to turn it in to a day trip vessel I know it's probably a dumb Idea but I saw how certain ships at the last turn of the century were converted to be used as a day ferry for riding around in nice weather maybe a flat deck made over and covered areas for a day trip bars and excursions ya know maybe an area for a band

Awesome video, i subscribed, I love Great Lakes vessels, also, if you find blueprints of the Pinedale (also known as the Norman J. Kopmeier) built in 1906, please tell me we’re you found them.

Looooove her

Thank you so much for this overview, On occasion I see the MV Author M Anderson enter the Duluth North Harbor. How similar or different is she from the MV Edmund Fitzgerald? Are they from the same class and type? And why did a Canuk sign the tribute song?? !! ?? (just kidding on that one, Gordon LIghtfoot does a wonderful job)

Where'd you get these? i'm trying to make a model of her

Have you done a video like this for the fitz???

Hey Wes, do you think that they will make the Anderson a museum ship like the Schoonmaker

This is probably a ridiculous question, but where do you obtain blueprints like these?

Were do you get these original plans from?

What year were the bridge wings added?

Is there a way to get a copy of these plans? I’m interested in building a model of her.

The Anderson is still a fine ship. Occasionally see her entering and leaving Duluth.

Has there been any talk about what’s going to happen to the Anderson once they take her off the lakes? If the powers that be don’t make this ship a museum of once was it will be a tragedy.

Is there a map plan of the ship that exists that's more up to date like 2017 or so

how much did it cost

There were actually 3 vessels that left Whitefish Bay, not 2. They were Arthur M Anderson, William Clay Ford, and Hilda Marjanne.

Quick Question: whats the point of that tiny smokestack behind the bridge?

Unbelievable that such an old, single hulled vessel is still in use!

The William Clay Ford is Arthur M Andersons sister ship

Do you know what her paint scheme was?

I have in my possession a complete set(?) of these type drawings of the original Wilfred Sykes, 1949, if you would be interested in using them for documentation and/or video?

Three cargo holds just like the Fitz.

I thought the Anderson burned coal at launch

To bad you couldn't get a ticket to travel on her from one end to the Great lakes to the other room As a guest.