Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
SS Anna C. Minch
A bulk freighter built in 1903, wrecked on Lake Michigan. The record: “Sold to the Western Navigation Co. Fort William, Ontario Canada.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Bulk freighter
- Builder
- American Ship Building Company
- Completed
- 1903
- Length
- 380 ft (116 m)
- Beam
- 50 ft (15 m)
- Tonnage
- 4285 GRT; 3229 NRT
- Propulsion
- Triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 24
- Fate
- Sold to the Western Navigation Co. Fort William, Ontario Canada
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.7870° N, 86.5310° W
The story
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On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Novadoc6.3 mi · lost 1940
- SS William B. Davock13 mi · lost 1940
- SS Pere Marquette 1839 mi · lost 1910
- SS Henry Cort40 mi · lost 1934
- SS John V. Moran44 mi · lost 1899
- Gallinipper48 mi · lost 1851
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Pentwater5.2 mi
- Copeyon Park12 mi
- Loomis Street12 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Anna C. Minch, 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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