SS Milwaukee Clipper SS Milwaukee Clipper SS "Milwaukee Clipper, also known as SS "Clipper" , and formerly as SS "Juniata, is a retired passenger ship and automobile ferry that sailed under two configurations and traveled on all of the Great Lakes except Lake Ontario. Along with the SS Keewatin, "Milwaukee Clipper" is one of only two passenger steamships left on the Great Lakes. The vessel is now docked in Muskegon, Michigan. Her story begins on 22 December 1904, in Cleveland, Ohio, at the shipyards of the American Shipbuilding Company. Christened "Juniata" when launched, she was built for the Anchor Line, the Great Lakes
SS City of Milwaukee navigation of the vessel took place. There is also a small pilot house on the stern that is used for docking the vessel. The ship was built in 1930 and launched in 1931 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin to replace , which sank with all hands on October 22, 1929 during a gale. Car ferry service had been introduced to the Great Lakes in 1892, and there was many as 14 vessels operating on the lakes at the system's peak. These specialized vessels were capable of carrying up to 34 railroad cars across the often stormy and ice-packed lakes at any time