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When first launched, the ship's wide cross-section and long midships hold was an unconventional design, but the design's relative advantages in moving cargo through the inland lakes spawned many imitators. The Hackett is recognized as the very first Great Lakes freighter, a vessel type that has dominated Great Lakes shipping for over 100 years.
Lost on Lake Huron during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Its wreck was discovered in July 2015. [13] Ironton: 26 September 1894 A schooner that sank in a collision with the wooden freighter Ohio. Isaac M. Scott United States: 9 November 1913 A lake freighter that sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958. Of the 35 crew members, 33 died in the sinking. Twenty-three were from the port town of Rogers City, Michigan, United States.
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.
SS Novadoc was one of three Great Lakes freighters lost in the Armistice Day Storm of 11 November 1940. [1] SS William B. Davock and Anna C. Minch both foundered that same night with complete loss of their crews. All three ships went down between Little Point Sable and Pentwater, Michigan.
SS Rogers City: 1923: 1981: Originally named SS B. H. Taylor; Scrapped in 1988. SS T. W. Robinson: 1925: 1982: Scrapped in 1987; first turbo electric lake freighter; SS Carl D. Bradley: 1927: 1958: Sank in storm 1958; Biggest Ship on the lakes until the construction of the Wilfred Sykes in 1949; SS Cedarville: 1927: 1965: Originally Named A.F ...
Storms that claimed multiple ships include the Mataafa Storm in November 1905 and the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Due to the cold and fresh water, wrecks are often in quite good condition even after centuries underwater. [5] A documentary has been made, about the Graveyard of the Great Lakes, [7] as had a piece on Apple TV. [8]
SS Senator was a steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan with the loss of nine lives and 268 Nash automobiles, [2] on Halloween of 1929 after she was rammed in heavy fog by the bulk carrier Marquette. [3] She lies in 450 feet (140 m) of water 16 miles northeast of Port Washington, Wisconsin.