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.
Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684 feet above sea level. The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Mississippi River, and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the Arctic Cordillera. The nearest higher peaks are in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the highland foothills of Colorado.