SS Anna C. Minch
The Anna C. Minch, before 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Anna C. Minch |
| Operator | Kinsman Transit Co. Cleveland, Ohio (1903-1926) |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company |
| Yard number | 415 |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #107846 |
| Fate | Sold to the Western Navigation Co. Fort William, Ontario Canada |
| 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 of the crew were lost when the ship sank. The cargo she was in transit with during her final run is disputed, it's mostly unknown what her cargo was at the time she foundered . 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.