Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
Rosinco
A patrol vessel built in 1916, lost on Lake Michigan in 1928. The record: “Sank 19 September 1928.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Patrol vessel
- Builder
- Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
- Launched
- 20 May 1916
- Completed
- 1916
- Length
- 95 ft (29 m)
- Beam
- 15 ft (5 m)
- Tonnage
- 82 GRT 44 NRT
- Propulsion
- 1 240 ihp 4 cyl diesel, single screw
- Fate
- Sank 19 September 1928
- Wreck site
- Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin
- National Register
- Listed July 18, 2001 · ref. 01000737
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 42.6250° N, 87.6270° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1920s
- Robert C. Pringle1922 · foundered
- SM UC-971921 · foundered
- SS Andaste1929 · foundered
- SS Lakeland1924 · foundered
- SS Milwaukee (1929)1929 · foundered
- SS Senator1929 · collision
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Lac La Belle5.3 mi
- SS Merchant10 mi · lost 1875
- SS L.R. Doty15 mi · lost 1898
- United States lightship LV-5729 mi
- PS Lady Elgin31 mi · lost 1860
- SS Appomattox35 mi · lost 1905
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Simmon's Island Boat Harbor9.9 mi
- Lake Michigan Access (Pershing Park)11 mi
- Bender Park Boat Launch20 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Racine Reef Light9.0 mi
- Kenosha North Pier Light9.6 mi
- Kenosha Light9.9 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Illinois Beach State Park17 mi · beach
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Rosinco, 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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