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was traveling from this port to
Wisconsin. About midlake a crewman discovered the ship was taking on vast amounts of water. The captain set a direct course for Wisconsin and sent a distress signal by wireless. He and the crew battled for four hours to save the boat but she sank suddenly. All of the
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began complaining that she wasn't steering properly. At about the same time, an oiler who went to oil the propeller shaft bearings reported to the bridge that there was approximately 7 feet (2.1 m) of water in her stern. The location of the initial flood was under the "flicker" (crew's
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on March 6, 1903; Port Huron also became her home port. Sometime during her brief career, she received her final in Grand Haven. Her home port also changed multiple times during her career; one of these ports was
Ludington, and her final home port was Grand Haven. Her call whistle was
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of 338 feet (103 m). Her beam was 56 feet (17 m) (one source states 57.6 feet, 17.6 m) wide, and her hull was 19.42 feet (5.92 m) (some sources also state 19.5 feet, 5.9 m, 19.6 feet, 6.0 m, 20 feet, 6.1 m or 21.7 feet, 6.6 m) deep. She had a
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sinking remains unknown. At the time of her sinking, it was speculated that during her time as a pleasure boat, she was treated roughly by the charter captains. It was said that she had been damaged by several hard dockings; she is also said to have hit several
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of 1,722 tons (other sources also state that she had a gross register tonnage of 2,777 tons and a net register tonnage of 1,660 tons, a gross register tonnage of 2,775 tons and a net register tonnage of 1,685 tons or a gross register tonnage of 2,443 tons).
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Captain Kilty ordered the pumps to be turned on, but they weren't able to keep her free of water; eventually, her stern had sunk so far that water began to seep in through the portholes. Captain Kilty eventually ordered that the course to be altered to
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enrollment surrendered on
September 15, 1910 in Grand Haven. After her sinking, she was valued at $ 400,000 and her cargo was valued at between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000. Captain Kilty's decision to try and save
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suddenly sank stern first, with her bow rising high up into the air. As she sank, the air pressure that built up in her hull caused her to explode, which likely killed several people on board.
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At least twenty-nine persons died when this vessel sank in Lake
Michigan twenty miles off the Wisconsin coast on September 9, 1910. One of the Ludington carferry fleet, the 350 foot S.S.
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was chartered by the
Chicago and South Haven Steamship Company for service as an excursion steamer between. Her car deck was planked over, in order to host dancing and music. Several
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instead of abandoning her when he had the chance was criticized. An inspectors review published in the Marine Review specifically targeted Kilty in saying that:
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was converted back to a train ferry. On
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officers and many of the crew and passengers perished, among them the first wireless operator to die in active service on the Great Lakes. The S.S.
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rode much lower in the water with rail cars than with passengers, the loosened hull plates would have been under water during her final voyage.
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was discovered in July 2020 in about 500 feet (150 m) of water about 25 miles (40 km) east of
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lost two of her own crew during the rescue. As none of her officers survived to recount what happened, the true cause of
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which sank with the loss of all hands on October 28, 1892 is now the largest unidentified shipwreck on Lake Michigan.
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1973:"Ludington, MI (Lake Michigan) PERE MARQUETTE FERRY 18 Lost, Sep 1910"
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Shipwreck discoveries by Jerry Eliason, Ken Merryman and Kraig Smith
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1943:"CQD, Captain Peter Kilty and Pere Marquette Car Ferry Number 18"
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2074:"Long-sought Lake Michigan shipwreck discovered after 110 years"
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1679:"Pere & Marquette No. 18 (Propeller), U150972, 16 Aug 1902"
1713:"Pere Marquette No. 18 (Propeller), U208305, sunk, 9 Sep 1910"
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1103:"Pere Marquette 18 passing State Street bridge, Chicago, Ill"
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Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping (1902).
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was the largest undiscovered shipwreck on Lake Michigan.
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1616:"Discovery of the Pere Marquette 18 In Lake Michigan"
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1833:"Ferryboat Sinks in Lake Michigan; 30 Are Drowned"
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1801:Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
1258:Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
2040:"S.S. Pere Marquette 18 Registered Site L0484"
1877:"The Unexplained Loss of Pere Marquette No.18"
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1772:"A.T. Bliss, U29925, sunk, November 4, 1903"
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2214:. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press.
1747:"Remembering the Steamer Pere Marquette 18"
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2231:Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries
834:The Pere Marquette Railway replaced
684:On September 8, 1910 at 11:30 P.M.,
1776:Maritime History of the Great Lakes
1717:Maritime History of the Great Lakes
1683:Maritime History of the Great Lakes
1020:was made public in September 2020.
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1916:Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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1406:"Finest Car Ferry on the Lakes"
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1436:"SS Pere Marquette 18 (+1910)"
1197:Bowling Green State University
542:Pere Marquette Railway Company
474:triple expansion steam engines
430:American Ship Building Company
301:triple expansion steam engines
138:American Ship Building Company
117:Pere Marquette Railway Company
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2777:Michigan State Historic Sites
2182:Great Lakes Register (1916).
1002:based on a comparison of the
949:Michigan State Historic Site
387:flooding remains a mystery.
16:1902 Great Lakes train ferry
2762:Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
2727:Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan
2210:Wright, Richard J. (1969).
1947:Meandering Michigan History
1010:in historical photographs.
314:(26 km/h; 16 mph)
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1646:United Press International
1366:"Pere Marquette 18 (1902)"
1254:"Pere Marquette 18 (1902)"
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2229:Zimmermann, Karl (1993).
1881:The Mind of James Donahue
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913:Informational Designation
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2015:"S.S. Pere Marquette 18"
272:19.42 feet (5.92 m)
19:Not to be confused with
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2192:2027/mdp.39015057176235
1314:"Pere Marquette 18 (I)"
885:43.956611°N 86.459639°W
600:Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
421:Design and construction
206:General characteristics
2757:Pere Marquette Railway
1912:Grand Rapids, Michigan
1539:Minnesota Public Radio
1130:"Pere Marquette: 1910"
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478:Scotch marine boilers
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127:Grand Haven, Michigan
1370:Wisconsin Shipwrecks
1034:Sheboygan, Wisconsin
982:and Ken Merryman of
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587:On November 4, 1903
581:Port Huron, Michigan
562:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
458:net register tonnage
366:Sheboygan, Wisconsin
351:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
187:Flooded and sank on
2742:Ferries of Michigan
2398:William C. Moreland
1192:"Pere Marquette 18"
1108:Library of Congress
986:were searching for
937:Ludington, Michigan
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849:. The Marker reads:
738:eventually reached
690:Ludington, Michigan
566:Ludington, Michigan
514:. She contained 50
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339:Ludington, Michigan
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264:56 feet (17 m)
179:US Registry #150972
72:State Street Bridge
44:43.7417°N 87.3044°W
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2133:Michigan Mysteries
1918:. pp. 41–42.
1838:Los Angeles Herald
1411:Detroit Free Press
984:Fridley, Minnesota
980:Cloquet, Minnesota
700:, the helmsman of
628:Waukegan, Illinois
618:weekend. In 1909,
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525:The total cost of
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2378:Pere Marquette 18
1997:Zimmermann (1993)
1925:978-0-8028-7010-0
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1018:Pere Marquette 18
1016:The discovery of
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677:in the background
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612:Chicago, Illinois
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584:long-long-short.
577:Saginaw, Michigan
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368:. Her fleetmate,
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529:was $ 400,000.
434:Cleveland, Ohio
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333:that served on
291:2 × 3,000
277:Installed power
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155:August 16, 1902
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2347:James Rolph
2163:November 7,
2138:November 5,
2085:November 8,
2049:November 8,
2044:MichMarkers
2024:November 8,
1982:November 6,
1952:November 6,
1886:November 8,
1844:November 8,
1806:November 8,
1781:November 8,
1756:November 6,
1722:November 7,
1688:November 7,
1652:November 6,
1625:November 6,
1593:November 5,
1545:November 6,
1491:November 6,
1447:November 6,
1417:November 6,
1375:November 6,
1323:November 6,
1263:November 6,
1203:November 6,
1141:November 8,
1114:November 7,
888: /
728:sister ship
705:quarters).
606:. In 1907,
449:keel length
331:train ferry
328:Great Lakes
230:1,722
224:2,909
214:Train ferry
144:Yard number
47: /
2722:1902 ships
2711:Categories
2672:République
2573:D.R. Hanna
2275:Shipwrecks
2158:Carferries
1751:Carferries
1089:References
1042:pilothouse
956:Designated
596:A.T. Bliss
516:staterooms
490:propellers
466:horsepower
438:christened
411:Blueprints
288:Propulsion
160:In service
35:87°18′16″W
32:43°44′30″N
2661:Hougomont
2639:HMS
2582:HMS
2561:HMS
2550:HMS
2519:HMS
2510:Minnehaha
2498:USS
2366:HMS
2295:USS
1441:Wrecksite
974:Discovery
811:Aftermath
558:Manitowoc
396:Minnesota
347:Manitowoc
2648:25 Dec:
2637:10 Dec:
2600:Preussen
2594:Brighton
2552:Barfleur
2548:10 Aug:
2517:30 May:
2507:18 Apr:
2476:18 Feb:
2466:21 Jan:
2415:10 Dec:
2408:Preussen
2395:18 Oct:
2385:28 Sep:
2364:21 Aug:
2354:12 Aug:
2334:20 Jul:
2327:Pluviôse
2324:26 May:
2314:17 May:
2307:Pericles
2304:31 Mar:
2286:Farallon
1904:(1977).
990:using a
927:Location
805:seacocks
614:for the
554:Kewaunee
343:Kewaunee
152:Launched
113:Operator
2651:Finland
2627:5 Dec:
2617:3 Dec:
2591:5 Nov:
2580:7 Sep:
2538:5 Aug:
2528:6 Jun:
2496:9 Apr:
2486:8 Mar:
2479:Moresby
2456:9 Jan:
2446:6 Jan:
2428:Lothair
2418:Olympia
2405:6 Nov:
2388:Chester
2375:9 Sep:
2368:Bedford
2344:2 Aug:
2293:6 Feb:
2283:5 Jan:
787:pilings
402:History
219:Tonnage
134:Builder
83:History
2666:Patrie
2500:Pawnee
2218:
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1135:Shorpy
1004:davits
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801:'s
782:'s
725:'s
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