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The S.S. Badger offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes. The relaxing four-hour, 60-mile cruise takes passengers, autos, RVs, tour buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and commercial trucks across Lake Michigan between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin from mid-May through mid-October.
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 410 feet, 6 inches
Width: 59 feet, 6 inches
Height: 106 feet, 9 inches (7 stories)
Weight: 4,244 gross tons
Amenities: Outside deck areas, deli-style snack bar, buffet-style dining area, private staterooms, upper deck lounge, aft end lounge, video arcade, children's playroom, gift shop/ship's store, free quiet room/museum, two free TV lounges, free movie lounge, and FREE parking at both terminals for passengers not taking vehicles on the ship.
Staterooms: 40
Propellers: Two cast steel, 4-blade propellers, 15' in diameter and weighing 15,400 pounds each
Anchors: Two Stockless anchors weighing 7,000 pounds each
Engines: Two Skinner Unaflow four-cylinder steam engines with 3,500 horsepower at 100 RPM (total 7,000 horsepower)
Boilers: Four Foster-Wheeler type D coal-burning
Average speed: 18 miles per hour
Number of crew members on each trip: 50-60
Capacity: 620 passengers, 180 automobiles, tour buses, RVs, motorcycles, and commercial trucks
Number of crossings per season: 492
Years in service: Built and launched in 1952; began daily service on March 21, 1953
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