Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
SS Milwaukee (1929)
A train ferry built in 1902, lost on Lake Michigan in 1929. The record: “Sank, October 22, 1929.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Train ferry
- Builder
- American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio
- Launched
- December 6, 1902
- Completed
- 1903
- Length
- 338 ft (103 m)
- Beam
- 56 ft (17 m)
- Tonnage
- 2,933 GRT; 1,755 NRT
- Fate
- Sank, October 22, 1929
- National Register
- Listed July 27, 2015 · ref. 15000479
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.1363° N, 87.8323° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1920s
- Robert C. Pringle1922 · foundered
- Rosinco1928 · foundered
- SM UC-971921 · foundered
- SS Lakeland1924 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Appomattox3.4 mi · lost 1905
- SS J. M. Allmendinger6.5 mi · lost 1895
- Niagara (1856)7.1 mi · lost 1856
- United States lightship LV-579.7 mi
- Tennie and Laura10 mi · lost 1903
- Northerner12 mi · lost 1868
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- McKinley Park Marina6.4 mi
- River Front Launching Site8.5 mi
- South Shore Park Boat Ramp10 mi
- Port Washington - Lake Michigan17 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- North Point Light5.3 mi
- Milwaukee Breakwater Light8.0 mi
- Milwaukee Pierhead Light8.3 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Milwaukee (1902), 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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