Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
Arctic
A tugboat built in 1881, lost on Lake Michigan in 1930. The record: “Disassembled, beached, and abandoned by January 17, 1930.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Tugboat
- Builder
- Rand & Burger
- Launched
- 1881
- Length
- 64 ft (20 m)
- Beam
- 18 ft (5 m)
- Tonnage
- 52 GRT; 26 NRT
- Fate
- Disassembled, beached, and abandoned by January 17, 1930
- Wreck site
- 1.5 miles northeast of the Manitowoc Breakwater Light
- National Register
- Listed June 22, 2018 · ref. 10000261
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 44.1140° N, 87.6312° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Francis Hinton0.2 mi · lost 1909
- SS S. C. Baldwin10 mi · lost 1908
- Home12 mi · lost 1858
- SS Vernon12 mi · lost 1887
- Rouse Simmons15 mi · lost 1912
- Gallinipper16 mi · lost 1851
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Thiede Road Canoe Access2.1 mi
- S. Lakeview Drive Carry-in2.3 mi
- Red Arrow Park Boat Ramp (Manitowoc)2.8 mi
- Vets Park and Boat Launch3.7 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Manitowoc Breakwater Light1.6 mi
- Two Rivers Light4.0 mi
- Rawley Point Light9.0 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Arctic (1881 tug), 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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