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In Ludington, Michigan the weather had been unseasonably mild. On Sunday, November 10, 1940 people in sweaters and light jackets strolled down to the carferry slips to view a ¥ flotilla of seven Navy subchasers which had gathered their en route to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where they were to be outfitted for patrol duty on the East Coast. By mid-afternoon on Monday, November 11, the citizens of Ludington were beginning to get a taste of what was ahead. The barometer in the Pere Marquette Railroad's carferry office began dropping early that moming and by 2:00 PM, had plummeted to one of the lowest readings ever recorded at Ludington - 28.3 inches. The storm raged over the entire Great Lakes region. There were vessels reported at anchor off Duluth on Sunday, November 10, 1940 waiting for strong northeast winds and snow flurries to subside. The storm was most violent in Lake Michigan where four vessels were lost with all hands, another one grounded-a total loss, and several were severely damaged. The Interlake steamer WILLIAM B DAVOCK was reported westbound in the Straits of Mackinaw on Sunday, November 10. She was bound for South Chicago loaded with coal taken on at Erie, Pennsylvania. Four hours later the Western Navigation Company steamer ANNA C MINCH passed westbound through the Straits. Both vessels were lost with all hands off Pentwater, Michigan. The fish tugs INDIAN and RICHARD H were lost off of South Haven, Michigan with their crews. NOVADOC Kenneth E. Smith photo, Peter B. Worden Sr. Collection Steel canaller (C.149465) built in 1928 at Newcastle, United Kingdom by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson (Hull#1345) for Paterson Steamships Limited: 252.8 X 43.3 X 17.8; 8; 1,934 gross tons. Stranded near Pentwater, Michigan on November 11, 1940, during the Armistice Day Storm. 44-5-3