Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Collision
SS Cayuga
A package freighter built in 1889, wrecked on Lake Michigan. The record: “Sank in a collision on Lake Michigan.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Package freighter
- Builder
- Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- Launched
- April 2, 1889
- Completed
- 1889
- Length
- 309 ft (94 m)
- Beam
- 41 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2669 GRT; 1939 NRT
- Propulsion
- 1 × 4–bladed fixed pitch propeller
- Crew
- 30
- Fate
- Sank in a collision on Lake Michigan
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 45.7206° N, 85.1900° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Carl D. Bradley40 mi · lost 1958
- SS Jarvis Lord65 mi
- SS Francisco Morazan68 mi · lost 1960
- SS Walter L. Frost68 mi · lost 1903
- F. J. King98 mi
- R. J. Hackett100 mi · lost 1905
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Cross Village8.9 mi
- Wilderness State Park14 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Ile Aux Galets3.2 mi
- Grays Reef Light Station3.6 mi
- Waugoshance Light6.2 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Tunnel of Trees — M-11912 mi · drive
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Cayuga, 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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