Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
SS L.R. Doty
A vessel built in 1893, lost on Lake Michigan in 1898. The record: “Sank, October 25, 1898.”
The vessel
On the record
- Builder
- F.W. Wheeler, Bay City, Michigan
- Launched
- 1893
- Length
- 312 ft (95 m)
- Beam
- 41 ft (12 m)
- Propulsion
- 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; 1000 hp; Single shaft
- Crew
- 17
- Fate
- Sank, October 25, 1898
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 42.5611° N, 87.3367° W
The same year
Also lost in 1898
- Barge 104Erie · foundered
- St. PeterOntario · foundered
- SS Henry ChisholmSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1890s
- Margaret A. Muir1893 · foundered
- SS Australasia1896 · fire
- SS Chicora1895 · foundered
- SS J. M. Allmendinger1895
- SS John V. Moran1899 · foundered
- SS W.H. Gilcher1892 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Lac La Belle10 mi
- Rosinco15 mi · lost 1928
- SS Merchant25 mi · lost 1875
- PS Alpena25 mi · lost 1880
- SS Milwaukee (b. 1868)25 mi
- PS Lady Elgin31 mi · lost 1860
Straight-line distance between published positions.
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS L.R. Doty, 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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