SUCCESS (scow schooner) Shipwreck

SUCCESS (scow schooner) Shipwreck
Location Off the coast of Sevastopol, Wisconsin
NRHP reference # 15000711
Added to NRHP October 5, 2015

The SUCCESS (scow schooner) Shipwreck is located off the coast of Whitefish Dunes State Park in Sevastopol, Wisconsin.[1]

History

The Success was built by Norwegian immigrant Julius Johnson in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1875. The vessel primarily hauled lumber on Lake Michigan.[2]

On Thanksgiving of 1896, the ship was anchored at Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin in an attempt to wait out a storm. However, it began taking on water and was eventually pushed ashore by a gale. All crew members were rescued and the cargo would be salvaged, but the ship was declared to be a total loss.

The site was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Success Shipwreck (Scow Schooner)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Success (1875)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ↑ ".13 miles SW of Whitefish Dunes State Park, Lake Michigan". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
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