The ANN ARBOR NO. 7, built in 1925, was one of six ships built to the same design.  Her sisters included the PERE MARQUETTE 21 & 22, built in 1924, the GRAND RAPIDS, built in 1926, the MADISON, built in 1927, and the CITY OF MILWAUKEE, built in 1931.

She was launched in January of 1925 and was christened by  Jane Reynolds, daughter of R.H. Reynolds, marine superintendent of the railroad

•  January 25, 1925 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 was launched.  She was sponsered by Jane Reynolds, daughter of R.H. Reynolds, marine superintendent of the railroad.

• February 2, 1925 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 made her maiden voyage.
• August 25, 1925 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 was in the shipyard to repair a bent rudder stock.
• December 16, 1926 -- The ANN ARBOR NO.  7 was caught in heavy ice and was 41 hours making the usual 7 hour trip to Manistique.
• June 23, 1929 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 took aboard 259 passengers at Kewaunee for an excursion on Lake Michigan.
• July 27, 1929 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 sited the schooner Lucia A. Simpson in distress and towed her to Kewaunee.
• August 19, 1930 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 towed the disabled tug GREILING from Frankfort to the Manitowoc shipyards.
• June 23, 1933 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 rescued one woman at the scene of a plane crash on Lake Michigan.
• March 21, 1934 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 stopped and broke out the Steamer Stuart which was ice bound at Sturgeon Bay.
• August 4, 1935 -- The only time the ANN ARBOR NO. 7 had the full limit of passengers when she ran an excursion from Frankfort around the Manitou Isle and back with 375 passengers on board.
• January 6, 1940 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 was freed after being held in the ice for 13 hours Near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
• April 11, 1948 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 ran aground just south of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
• July 29, 1949 -- The Gyro Compass was installed on the ANN ARBOR NO. 7.
• 1964 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 was sent to Lake Superior (she was the only carferry to go through the Soo Locks) where she was extensively rebuilt at Superior, Wisconsin at a cost of $2 million.  The original triple expansion steam engines were replaced with four diesel engines and electric drive.  The upper deck was raised to handle taller rail cars.  She was also equipped with a bow thruster.  She was renamed VIKING

• August 8, 1981 -- The Ann Arbor carferry VIKING took part in a ceremony christening a body of water between Manitowoc and Two Rivers as "Maritime Bay".
• May 16, 1983 -- The Ann Arbor carferry VIKING was towed out oft Frankfort for Sturgeon Bay where she was sold to Peterson Builders, Inc.
• November 29, 1993 -- The Ann Arbor carferry VIKING was towed from Sturgeon Bay to Kewaunee near ARTHUR K. ATKINSON.  Both vessels had been sold to Constantinos Makrydakis of Athens, Greece.
• July 3, 1994 -- After being towed to Sturgeon Bay, the carferry VIKING was in the drydock undergoing a hull inspection and repairs.
  

• October 17, 1996 --  The VIKING sailed from Port Stanley, Ontario to Erie, PA.
• July 29, 2001 -- The Erie Times-News  reported that the VIKING 1 may return to service. Inland Ocean Lines was interested in the carferry but it's  $110,000 offer fell far short of the $2 million that Contessa Cruise Lines was asking.
• September 9, 2002 -- Contessa Cruise Lines was notified that it's lease for the berth in Erie for the VIKING 1 was being terminated.  The October 31st deadline for moving the vessel was not met.
  

• December 15, 2002 -- The Erie Times-News reported that the VIKING 1 had been sold to K&K Warehousing of Menominee, Michigan to be reduced to a barge.
• January 14, 2003 -- The VIKING 1 was towed out of Erie, PA.