 Today, the ferry connects the eastern and western segments of US 10 in the two cities from May to October.Launched September 6, 1952, SS "Badger" entered service March 21, 1953, for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (from 1973 a subsidiary of the Chessie System).The C&O had acquired the rail car ferry operations in Ludington with its acquisition of the Pere Marquette Railway in 1947.