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.
Divided into two separate land areas, and bordered by four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan has the longest shoreline in the continental U.S. - nearly 3,300 miles. Michigan's Upper Peninsula is hilly and rugged in the west, especially in the heavily-forested Porcupine Mountains.Further east in the Huron Mountains the state's highest point, Mt. Arvon, stands at 1,979 ft. Moving to the east, the Upper Peninsula's land is much flatter, with some inland swamps.Michigan's Lower Peninsula is rather flat, especially along the eastern and southeastern shorelines.orested Isle Royale, located in the far-northwestern corner of Lake Superior, is the only (island) National Park in the United States. The surrounding Great Lakes are Michigan's most striking landforms. In addition, the state is covered by over 11,000 fresh water lakes (mostly small).