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Article (DYK date) | Image | DYK views | Views / hour | DYK hook |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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? |