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Arab-Israeli War: The cargo ship anchored in the Great Bitter Lake. Not released until June 1975, she was consequently scrapped. [53] Unknown Egyptian motor torpedo boat Egyptian Navy: Six-Day War: The Project 205 motor torpedo boat ran aground in a fight with Israeli Navy vessels. Later refloated. [54] Two unknown Hazir-class submersibles ...
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
Built in Scotland in 1907, the boat steamed between Fort William and Port McNicoll for over 50 years until she was sold for scrap in 1967. Saved from the wrecker's torch, Keewatin was towed to Saugatuck, Michigan for use as a museum in 1968. She is the last unmodified Great Lakes passenger liner in existence, and an example of Edwardian luxury.
A wooden freighter that sank off the shore of Isle Royale: Henry Steinbrenner United States: 11 May 1953 Great Lakes freighter lost on Lake Superior. Hesper United States: 3 May 1905 A wooden bulk-freighter steamship that sank in a snowstorm at Silver Bay
A standard canal boat that broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain. [46] General Butler United States: 9 December 1876 A sailing canal boat that hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain. [47] O.J. Walker United States: 11 May 1895 A sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington. [48] Phoenix United States: 4 September 1819
The SS Benjamin Noble was a steel hulled package freighter package freighter built in 1909, that went down with all hands in 1914, in mid-lake off Knife River, Minnesota. Her wreck was found half buried in 2004, in 365-feet of water. [9] [10] 6: Big Bay Sloop shipwreck (sloop) Big Bay Sloop shipwreck (sloop) January 14, 2009
SS Arthur M. Anderson in August 2002 at a Duluth ore dock.. SS Arthur M. Anderson came out of the drydock of the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio in 1952. [1] She had a length of 647 feet (197 m), a 70-foot (21 m) beam, a 36-foot (11 m) depth, [1] and a gross tonnage of roughly 20,000 tons.
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.