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SS America (Official No. 107367) : The shipwreck of the SS America welcomes visitors to Isle Royale as they pass through North Gap of Washington Harbor. Its remains are visible scarcely more than two feet below the surface. The America earned [...]
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"The Mataafa was cracking at Hatch Number 8, and the stern was 'sinking' lower into the water. Water was spilling in and shelter was minimal." 1905 - The shipping season had been dreadful and hardly any person could blame a captain for ignoring the [...]
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Found in 2004! The blockbuster announcement of the year for 2004 was the probable discovery of the long lost steamer Benjamin Noble. In 1914, she sailed through a crack in the Lake somewhere between Duluth and Two Harbors, taking 22 souls with her [...]
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The Samuel P. Ely, U.S. Registry 23780, was a single-decked, three-masted topsail schooner measuring 200 feet in length, with a 31-foot beam (width), and a 13-foot depth of hold. The Elywas rated at 627,24 gross tons and 595.85 net tons, with a car [...]
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The George Spencer, U.S. Registry 85849, was built in 1884 at Cleveland, Ohio by Thomas Quayle & Sons for Captain Thomas Wilson. The vessel was named for George Spencer, an intimate friend of Wilson's. The George Spencer's keel was laid on Feb [...]
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The schooner-barge Amboy, U.S. Registry 95276, started its career as the proud schooner Helena, a 205-foot three-mast schooner built in 1874 for the Cleveland Transportation Company. The Helena was fully rigged out as a schooner, but it was used [...]
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The U.S.S. Essex was an Enterprise Class sloop built by Donald McKay at East Boston, Mass. It was launched in 1876. It was 185 feet long, with a 35-foot beam and a 14-foot draft. TheEssex displaced 1375 tons of water. Period photographs show it ha [...]
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The Hesper was a wooden-hulled, single propeller, triple-masted, freight-carrying steamship which towed schooner-barges. The steamer was one of several near-identical ships built for the large Bradley Transportation Company fleet of Cleveland, Ohio [...]
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The Niagara was built in 1872 as Hull No. 21 by the Detroit Dry Dock Company in Detroit, Mich. The Niagara was an early example of a class of large "outside" (outside the harbor) tugs intended for use on the open lakes. Built of wood, theNiagara [...]
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