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Rolled over in the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. A total of 848 passengers and crew were killed––the largest loss of life in a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. Fleetwing United States: 26 September 1888 A schooner that ran aground off the coast of Liberty Grove. Francisco Morazan Liberia: 29 November 1960
The PS Lady Elgin was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off the fledgling town of Port Clinton, Illinois, whose geography is now divided between Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois, after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner Augusta in the early hours of September 8, 1860.
SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Used as a museum ship in Manitoulin Island, the ship fell into disrepair and was closed. She was towed to Port Colbourne, Ontario in fall of 2023 and scrapped. Lake Superior, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug, built in 1943. Used as a museum ship in Duluth, Minnesota from 1996 - 2007. Abandoned after a 2022 sinking.
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
USS Cairo (DANFS photos) USS Cairo at Historic Naval Ships Association; National Park Service site; Drive On Documentary about James Eads building the City Class Ironclads; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MS-7, "U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS", 60 photos, 21 measured drawings, 4 photo caption pages
Two 4.7-inch guns (one from each ship of the class) are preserved at the Kane County, Illinois Soldier and Sailor Monument at the former courthouse in Geneva, Illinois. [23] The gun from Albany was the No. 5 gun, presented on 1 April 1925.
A man riding a Jet Ski stumbled across the wreckage, a local museum says.