Shipwreck · Lake Huron · Foundered
SS Daniel J. Morrell
A bulk Freighter built in 1906, lost on Lake Huron in 1966. The record: “Broke up and sank during a storm in Lake Huron, 29 November 1966.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Bulk Freighter
- Builder
- West Bay City Shipbuilding Company, West Bay City, Michigan
- Launched
- 22 August 1906
- Completed
- 24 September 1906
- Length
- 603 ft (184 m)
- Beam
- 58 ft (18 m)
- Tonnage
- 7239 GRT; 5419 NRT
- Propulsion
- 1 × triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 29
- Fate
- Broke up and sank during a storm in Lake Huron, 29 November 1966
- Lake
- Lake Huron
- Coordinates
- 44.2650° N, 82.8330° W
The story
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On the bottom nearby
Nearest Huron wrecks
- SS Clifton15 mi · lost 1924
- SS John A. McGean26 mi · lost 1913
- SS Monrovia26 mi · lost 1959
- SS W. C. Franz27 mi
- PS Keystone State44 mi
- Corsican46 mi · lost 1893
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Eagle Bay14 mi
- Grindstone City15 mi
- Port Austin17 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Daniel J. Morrell, 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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