Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Stranded
SS Henry Cort
A whaleback Freighter built in 1892, lost on Lake Michigan in 1934. The record: “Ran aground after hitting the Muskegon breakwall on 30 November 1934.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Whaleback Freighter
- Builder
- American Steel Barge Company, Superior, Wisconsin
- Completed
- 1892
- Length
- 320 ft (98 m)
- Beam
- 38 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 2234.49 gross register tons; 1571.65 net register tons
- Propulsion
- Triple expansion steam engine
- Crew
- 25
- Fate
- Ran aground after hitting the Muskegon breakwall on 30 November 1934
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.2272° N, 86.3456° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Ironsides12 mi
- SS John V. Moran18 mi · lost 1899
- SS Michigan31 mi · lost 1885
- SS Novadoc34 mi · lost 1940
- SS Anna C. Minch40 mi
- PS Alpena43 mi · lost 1880
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Muskegon State Park - Snug Harbor1.7 mi
- Cottage Grove1.7 mi
- Grand Trunk2.7 mi
- Hartshorn Municipal Marina3.8 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- Grand Haven State Park13 mi · beach
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Henry Cort, 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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