The Navy's first fuel ships designed and built as oilers, rather than colliers, the Kanawha class comprised two ships commissioned just before World War I, which displaced 5,950/14,800 tons. Until 1920 they were designated Fuel Ship No. 13 etc. Maumee was the first large US Navy vessel with diesel engines.
This section features a topographical map of Michigan as well as a map legend that specifies elevation ranges and indicates their corresponding map colors. Michigan's highest elevation is Mount Arvon, which rises to 1,979 feet above sea level. Michigan's lowest elevation is 572 feet above sea level, at Lake Erie. Michigan land features include the gentle, rolling hills of the Lower Peninsula and the more hilly and rugged western part of the Upper Peninsula.
Sandy produced long-duration, record high waves on lower Lake Michigan earlier this week. According to the National Weather Service, the highest recorded wave height on the south mid-lake Michigan buoy during Sandy was 21.7 feet, at 11:50 a.m. CDT, Tues., Oct. 30. This is the second-highest wave height on record, which spans approximately 31 years. The record of 22.9 feet on Sept. 30, 2011 still stands.