SS L.R. Doty explained
L.R. Doty was a
Great Lakes steamship launched in May 1893 at
West Bay City,
Michigan. It was last seen afloat October 25, 1898 north of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, during a violent storm on
Lake Michigan, with winds reaching 70mph. The ship was witnessed foundering at the stern by a passenger of the four-masted
schooner Olive Jeanette which was being towed by the
Doty until the tow line broke from the force of the storm. Seventeen crew members died.
[1] On June 25, 2010, 112 years after her loss, divers found the Doty 300feet below the surface of Lake Michigan with its cargo of corn still intact. The first divers to reach and film the Doty were Tracy Xelowski, John Scoles and John Janzen.[2] [3]
Coincidentally, seven years later on September 30, 1905, the L.R. Doty sister ship the Iosco also sank while towing the Olive Jeanette. However, on this occasion both vessels were lost to the waters of Lake Superior.[4]
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Notes and References
- News: Steamship shipwreck found in Lake Mich. after 112 years . Detroit News. Associated Press. Milwaukee . June 25, 2010. July 2, 2010.
- News: L.R. Doty, ship that sank in Lake Michigan 112 years ago, found largely intact near Milwaukee . Dinesh . Ramde . . 2010-06-24 . . 2010-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100627120140/http://www.startribune.com/local/97084514.html . June 27, 2010 .
- News: Shipwreck Found After 112 years in Lake Michigan . Lisa . Holewa . AolNews . Milwaukee . June 25, 2010 . July 2, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100923173924/http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/mysterious-shipwreck-lr-doty-found-after-112-years-in-lake-michigan/19531146 . September 23, 2010 .
- http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/54737/data Maritime History of the Great Lakes website retrieved November 26, 2016
