Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
United States lightship LV-57
A lightvessel built in 1891, wrecked on Lake Michigan. The record: “Wrecked.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Lightvessel
- Builder
- Craig Shipbuilding
- Launched
- 1891
- Length
- 90 ft (27 m)
- Beam
- 20 ft (6 m)
- Tonnage
- 130 gross register tons; 101 net register tons
- Fate
- Wrecked
- Wreck site
- 600 ft south of South Shore Park's northern tip right along the shore
- National Register
- Listed December 16, 1996 · ref. 91001823
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.0015° N, 87.8855° W
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Appomattox6.4 mi · lost 1905
- SS Milwaukee (1929)9.7 mi · lost 1929
- SS J. M. Allmendinger15 mi · lost 1895
- Niagara (1856)16 mi · lost 1856
- Tennie and Laura20 mi · lost 1903
- SS Merchant20 mi · lost 1875
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- South Shore Park Boat Ramp0.4 mi
- River Front Launching Site1.9 mi
- McKinley Park Marina3.4 mi
- Bender Park Boat Launch9.6 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Milwaukee Pierhead Light1.8 mi
- Milwaukee Breakwater Light1.8 mi
- North Point Light4.5 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article United States lightship LV-57, 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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