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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.
Regina was a steel-hulled cargo ship that had a tonnage of 1,956 gross register tons (GRT) and 1,280 net register tons (NRT). and measured 249 feet 3 inches (75.97 m) long between perpendiculars with a beam of 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) with a depth 23 ft (7.0 m).
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story. JOHN FLESHER. March 1, 2023 at 10:11 AM ... Detroit and Cleveland. The sanctuary area was something of a maritime highway cloverleaf ...
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. USCGC Bramble, a former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan. Sold and brought to Alabama in 2018, scrapped in 2023 [15]
Lost on Lake Superior 21 November 1902 SS: Chicora: 1895: Lake freighter that sank on 21 January 1895 in Lake Michigan. [11] SS: D.M. Clemson: 1908: Lake freighter vanished in a violent Lake Superior storm on 1 December 1908. [12] SS: Hippocampus: 1868: Lake freighter that capsized in Lake Michigan a few miles from Benton Harbor, Michigan. [13 ...
Tashmoo on Lake St Claire, 1922. After a race between the City of Chicago and the City of Milwaukee in September 1900, a Chicago–newspaper boasted that the winner (the City of Chicago) was the "fastest on the lakes". [5] A paper in Detroit, Michigan subsequently listed nine vessels that could have easily beaten the City of Chicago.
This allowed Harrison's army to recapture Detroit and win the Battle of Moraviantown, where Tecumseh was killed. By these victories, the Americans also cut the British supply line to Mackinac via Lake Erie and the Detroit River. It was too late in the year for the Americans to send ships and troops into Lake Huron to attack Mackinac.
It is free for residents of the city of Port Huron, Fort Gratiot and Port Huron Township. Fort Gratiot Light Station is located at 2802 Omar St. Admission into the light station is free.