SS Milwaukee 1929
Marker: recorded wreck position (Interwar).
Key facts
| Name | SS Milwaukee | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1929 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Interwar | derived from year |
| Ship type | train ferry | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United States | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 43.1364, -87.8319 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Milwaukee was a train ferry that served on Lake Michigan. It was launched in 1902 and sank with all hands off Milwaukee on October 22, 1929. Fifty-two men were lost with the vessel.
Diving & visiting
In April 1972, the wreck was located in Lake Michigan, seven miles northeast of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, three miles offshore (on a line between Milwaukee and Grand Haven), at 43°08′11″N 87°49′55″W, in 90–120 ft (27–37 m) of water.
In March 2006, the History Channel television program Deep Sea Detectives premiered an episode entitled "Train Wreck in Lake Michigan", which profiled the loss of the Milwaukee through historical documents, interviews with historians and dives to the wreck itself.
Location
- Recorded position: 43.1364, -87.8319 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: United States
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Milwaukee (1902) (revision 1372506051), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “The train ferry rediscovered”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby wrecks
- SS Appomattox 1905 · 6 km
- SS J.M. Allmendinger 1895 · 10 km
- Niagara 1856 · 11 km
- Island City 11 km
- Light Vessel No. 57 1928 · 16 km
- Tennie and Laura 16 km
Browse more: North America wrecks · wrecks off United States · Interwar