The Loss of the S.S. Milwaukee Car Ferry

On October 22, 1929, the S.S. Milwaukee car ferry departed from its namesake city into a fierce Lake Michigan gale. It was supposed to deliver 25 railroad cars cross lake at Grand Haven, MI, but never reached its destination. The ship sank nearly 5 hours after its departure and none of the 47 crew members onboard survived.

Thanks to Brian Bosveld for providing the underwater footage of Milwaukee's wreck:    / @brianbosveld1087  

And to Kalju Kotkas who made the 3D model and animation of Milwaukee:    / caljucotcas  

Sources used in this video:

Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University - https://www.bgsu.edu/library/cac/coll...

Great Lakes Maritime Collection, Alpena County Library - https://greatlakeships.org/search

Great Lakes Marine Collection of the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society and Milwaukee Public Library - https://wmhs.org/

Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collecti...

History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff - https://lflbhistory.org/

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