Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Collision
SS Selah Chamberlain
A lake freighter built in 1873, lost on Lake Michigan in 1886. The record: “Sunk in collision October 13, 1886.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Lake freighter
- Builder
- Quayle & Martin
- Launched
- April 1, 1873
- Completed
- May 1, 1873
- Length
- 212 ft (65 m)
- Beam
- 34 ft (10 m)
- Tonnage
- 1207.01 GRT; 963.98 NRT
- Propulsion
- Non-condensing engine
- Fate
- Sunk in collision October 13, 1886
- Wreck site
- 2 miles NE of Sheboygan Pt. in Lake Michigan
- National Register
- Listed January 7, 2019 · ref. 10000328
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.7699° N, 87.6567° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1880s
- PS Alpena1880 · foundered
- SS Michigan1885 · foundered
- SS Vernon1887 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- Robert C. Pringle7.4 mi · lost 1922
- Gallinipper13 mi · lost 1851
- Home13 mi · lost 1858
- SS Atlanta15 mi · lost 1906
- SS Pere Marquette 1818 mi · lost 1910
- SS Francis Hinton24 mi · lost 1909
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Lake Michigan Access (Sheboygan)2.2 mi
- Deland Park Boat Ramp2.6 mi
- South 8th Street Boat Launch3.3 mi
- Sheboygan River/Lake Michigan Access3.4 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Sheboygan Lighthouse2.1 mi
- Sheboygan Breakwater Light2.3 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Kohler-Andrae State Park7.7 mi · dunes
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Selah Chamberlain, 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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