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.
From the summit of 1,327-foot Marquette Mountain in northern Michigan, the view offers a pleasing mix of industrial brawn and natural beauty. Dense pine forests descend to the red sandstone churches and office buildings of Marquette, the largest town (pop. 20,714) in the Upper Peninsula, or UP.Yoopers,â as local residents call themselves, scoff at warm-weather visitors; as much as 160 inches of snow falls annually in parts of the UP. Even in July and August, when daylight stretches past 10 p.m., Lake Superior breezes keep average temperatures below 80 degrees.