DATE OF LAUNCH: April 28, 1909 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: April 28, 1914, Lake Superior, near Knife Island, east of Duluth, Wisconsin DATE LOCATED: Fall 2004 SHIP DETAILS: The SS Benjamin Noble was a lake freighter that operated on the Great Lakes. Built in 1909 by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, she was 239 feet … Continue reading SS Benjamin Noble
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Michigan Facts
Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant. Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry. Elsie is the home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd. Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and magnesium compounds and second … Continue reading Michigan Facts
SS America
DATE OF LAUNCH: August 31, 1939 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: January 18, 1994, Atlantic Ocean, at Playa de Garcey on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands DATE LOCATED: not applicable INTERESTING FACTS: SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States. She was one of the few ocean liners, American … Continue reading SS America
Vacationland
DATE OF LAUNCH: 1951 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: December 3, 1987, Pacific Ocean, off the Columbia River DATE LOCATED: not located SHIP DETAILS: Vacationland was an automobile ferry that operated in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac between Mackinaw City and St. Ignace from 1952 to 1957, when the Mackinac Bridge was completed. Vacationland was built … Continue reading Vacationland
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
DATE OF LAUNCH: June 7, 1958 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: November 10, 1975, Lake Superior, near Sault Ste. Marie, Canada DATE LOCATED: November 14, 1975 SHIP DETAILS: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, invested in the iron and minerals industries on a large-scale basis, including the construction of Edmund Fitzgerald, which represented … Continue reading SS Edmund Fitzgerald
SS Daniel J. Morrell
DATE OF LAUNCH: August 22, 1906 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: November 29, 1966, Lake Huron, near Harbor Beach, Michigan DATE LOCATED: May 18, 1979 (bow located, stern relocated) SHIP DETAILS: The Daniel J. Morrell was built at West Bay City, Michigan by the West Bay City Ship Building Company for the Cambria Steamship Company, … Continue reading SS Daniel J. Morrell
SS Cedarville
DATE OF LAUNCH: 1927 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: May 7, 1965, Straits of Mackinac, Lake Huron, near the Mackinac Bridge DATE LOCATED: May 7, 1965 SHIP DETAILS: Cedarville was built in 1927 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan. The ship was launched as SS A.F. Harvey, and entered service for … Continue reading SS Cedarville
SS Francisco Morazan
DATE OF LAUNCH: June 1922 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: November 29, 1960, Lake Michigan, off South Manitou Island DATE LOCATED: November 29, 1960 SHIP DETAILS: Francisco Morazan was a 1,442 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1922 as Arcadia by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, for German owners. She was sold in 1934 and renamed … Continue reading SS Francisco Morazan
SS Carl D. Bradley
DATE OF LAUNCH: April 9, 1927 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: November 18, 1958, Lake Michigan, near Gull Island DATE LOCATED: Spring 1959 SHIP DETAILS: Built in 1927 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio, Carl D. Bradley was owned by the Michigan Limestone division of U.S. Steel, and operated by the Bradley … Continue reading SS Carl D. Bradley
SS Noronic
DATE OF LAUNCH: June 2, 1913 DATE AND LOCATION OF LOSS: September 17, 1949, Lake Ontario, in Toronto Bay, Ontario DATE LOCATED: September 17, 1949 SHIP DETAILS: SS Noronic was launched June 2, 1913, in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. She was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for the Northern Navigation Company, … Continue reading SS Noronic
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