Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Collision
SS Cedarville
A vessel built in 1927, lost on Lake Huron in 1965. The record: “Sank after collision 7 May 1965.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- Great Lakes Engineering Works
- Launched
- 9 April 1927
- Completed
- 1927
- Length
- 588 ft (179 m)
- Beam
- 60 ft (18 m)
- Tonnage
- 8,575 GRT
- Crew
- 35
- Fate
- Sank after collision 7 May 1965
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 45.7856° N, 84.6689° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- Newell A. Eddy21 mi · lost 1893
- Persian26 mi
- SS Russia40 mi · lost 1909
- F. T. Barney45 mi
- SS Choctaw59 mi · lost 1915
- SS Ohio59 mi · lost 1894
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Straits State Harbor2.7 mi
- Mackinaw City Municipal Marina2.7 mi
- St. Ignace6.1 mi
- Bois Blanc11 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Old Mackinac Point Light2.9 mi
- Round Island Light (Mackinac County)4.4 mi
- Round Island Passage Light4.8 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Tunnel of Trees — M-11924 mi · drive
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Cedarville, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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