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SS Ohio (1875)
(April 25, 2018)
7,791 649 ... that the wreck of the Ohio was discovered 122 years after her sinking?
SS Lakeland
(May 16, 2018)
11,919 469 ... that while the freighter Lakeland was sinking on Lake Michigan, her captain allegedly refused a tow?
SS Selah Chamberlain
(February 6, 2019)
4,782 199 ... that the freighter Selah Chamberlain sank on Lake Michigan after a collision with another ship?
SS Pere Marquette 18
(December 8, 2020)
13,825 1,152 ... that the wreck of the train ferry Pere Marquette 18 (pictured) was discovered in Lake Michigan 109 years after she sank?
SS Russia
(December 12, 2020)
6,693 558 ... that the wreck of the freighter SS Russia was discovered in 2019, only 1,200 feet (370 m) from where a different shipwreck hunter ended the search for her years earlier?
Gunilda
(December 14, 2020)
7,379 615 ... that the Cousteau Society visited the wreck of the yacht Gunilda in Lake Superior in 1980, calling it "the most beautiful shipwreck in the world"?
SS S.R. Kirby
(December 17, 2020)
21,375 890 ... that in 825 feet (251 m) of water, the composite-hulled bulk carrier S.R. Kirby (pictured) is one of the deepest shipwrecks ever discovered in the Great Lakes?
SS Choctaw
(January 4, 2021)
9,361 390 ... that Choctaw was one of only three semi-whaleback ships ever built?
SS Jarvis Lord
(January 15, 2021)
3,176 132 ... that the wooden freighter Jarvis Lord was one of the first lake freighters ever built?
SS Vernon
(January 19, 2021)
5,267 438 ... that the wreck of the freighter Vernon is one of the deadliest ever to have occurred in Wisconsin?
SS Edward L. Ryerson
(January 21, 2021)
12,738 1,061 ... that the lake freighter Edward L. Ryerson (pictured) is not only the last steam-powered freighter built on the Great Lakes, but also the last built without a self-unloading boom?
SS John V. Moran
(January 23, 2021)
2,389 199 ... that the freighter John V. Moran and her sister ship were both sunk by ice on Lake Michigan, ten years apart?
115 (barge)
(February 20, 2021)
6,587 274 ... that the whaleback barge 115 was the last Great Lakes shipwreck of the 1800s?
Robert C. Pringle (tug)
(February 21, 2021)
16,221 676 ... that the tugboat Robert C. Pringle (pictured) was discovered "remarkably intact" 86 years after it sank?
129 (barge)
(March 14, 2021)
3,877 323 ... that Barge 129 was sunk on Lake Superior by the ship that was towing her?
104 (barge)
(March 15, 2021)
6,214 518 ... that the whaleback barge 104 was the first ship of its kind to be lost on the Great Lakes?
SS Ira H. Owen
(June 13, 2021)
2,200 183 ... that Ira H. Owen was one of the first steel-hulled lake freighters?
SS Merchant
(August 7, 2021)
3,221 268 ... that the Merchant was the first iron-hulled merchant ship built on the Great Lakes?
SS John Mitchell (1906)
(August 11, 2021)
4,753 396 ... that the freighter John Mitchell was the costliest shipwreck on the Great Lakes in 1911?
SS Cayuga
(August 25, 2021)
15,785 658 ... that the six-year-old steel freighter Cayuga (pictured) was sunk by a wooden freighter twenty years older than her?
SS Ironsides
(September 20, 2021)
4,350 362 ... that the sister ships Ironsides and Lac La Belle sank under similar circumstances, eleven months apart?
SS Lac La Belle
(September 20, 2021)
2,713 226 ... that the sister ships Ironsides and Lac La Belle sank under similar circumstances, eleven months apart?
PS Keystone State
(November 15, 2021)
3,507 292 ... that the paddle steamer Keystone State was rumored to be carrying gold when she sank?
SS Manasoo
(December 9, 2021)
5,721 476 ... that the freighter Manasoo is believed to have been sunk by cows?
PS Lotta Bernard
(December 9, 2021)
3,937 328 ... that the paddle steamer Lotta Bernard was described as "altogether unfit for the traffic she was employed in" after she sank?