SS Lakeland 1924
Marker: recorded wreck position (Interwar).
Key facts
| Name | SS Lakeland | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1924 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Interwar | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 44.7890, -87.1887 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Lakeland was an early steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter that sank on December 3, 1924, into 205 feet (62 m) of water on Lake Michigan near Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, United States, after she sprang a leak. On July 7, 2015, the wreck of the Lakeland was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Diving & visiting
The wreck of the Lakeland was rediscovered in 1960. She rests upright, in 205 feet (62 m) of water. Her steel hull is almost broken in two aft of the cargo elevator, and her wooden deckhouses are missing. This is because when she sank, the air that trapped in the upper deck structures pulled the wooden deck houses off her hull. The passenger deck on her bow has several cracks which allow divers to access her interior. In the 1970s a 1924 Rollin car was salvaged, but problems that occurred while salvaging led to the car being taken to a scrapyard. Another artifact that was retrieved was the Lakeland's brass steam whistle which is on display in the Door County Maritime Museum.
Location
- Recorded position: 44.7890, -87.1887 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: United States
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Lakeland (revision 1372505973), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wrecksite”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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