MANITOWOC – For many families, a trip across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger is a special event ... s reservation office to find out if the ship could accommodate Sarah, who, at that point ...

It has to stand for something, or it's nothing but unnecessary set dressing. The process of putting "SS" on ships has been around for hundreds of years, dating all the way back to the age of steam ...

Nearly two months later, SS W.H. Gilcher, a ship of comparable size and speed to Western Reserve, disappeared in northern Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands. Gilcher had been built at the ...

In November of 1969, the SS United States was retired from service. The US Navy used her as a reserve ship until 1978. The SS United States Conservatory made several attempts to transform the ship ...

(WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior ... for the ship’s final, fateful journey. Sketches of the SS Western Reserve ...

Dauphin Island is a haven for birdwatchers, where rare migratory species draw photographers eager for the perfect shot. But on Monday morning, the island’s skies won’t be the only spectacle ...

The same will have to be done for the SS United States. “That is a big ship going in there and cleaning all that out. A lot of the cabins have all been stripped but down in the engine room you ...

Levien On Aug. 30, 1892, the Western Reserve, a state-of-the-art ship en route to Minnesota, found itself in the middle of a gale in Lake Superior. Capt. Peter G. Minch, a millionaire shipping ...

In 2024, the SS Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior broken in half with the bow section resting on the stern at a roughly 45-degree angle.

(WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior ... for the ship’s final, fateful journey. Sketches of the SS Western Reserve ...

At the time of this route, Captain Peter G. Minch, the ship's owner, brought his family along on a cruise through Lake Huron with plans to go to Two Harbors, Minnesota. The ship was under the ...