1869
1869: At 4:00 p.m., the schooner CARLINGFORD was launched at the Fitzgerald and Leighton yard in Port Huron, Michigan, with plenty of spectators on hand. Robert Montgomery of Buffalo, the owner, built the vessel for the grain trade. Her capacity was 30,000 bushels of grain. After launching, she still had to have her masts (96 feet, 98 feet, and 94 feet) and rigging installed. At the time, she was the largest sailing vessel built in Port Huron. Her dimensions were 165 feet overall with a 155-foot keel, 31-foot-6-inch beam, and 12-foot-8-inch depth. 50 men worked on her, and she cost $35,000.
1905
1905: The wooden steamer CALEDONIA sank in Lake Superior while towing the barge JOHN M. HUTCHINSON. It was later refloated and returned to service.
1913
1913: The whaleback steamer ANTIKOKAN went ashore in a spectacular grounding at Marine City but was released and returned to service.
1987
1987: The CADILLAC was towed by the tugs GLENADA and ELMORE M. MISNER from Toledo’s Frog Pond on the first leg of her journey to be scrapped.
1994
1994: INDIANA HARBOR went to Sturgeon Bay for repairs after going aground at Muskegon, Michigan.
Data from: Joe Barr, Max Hanley, Skip Gillam, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Compiled by Roger LeLievre.
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- Antikoken ashore. Peter B. Worden collection, MHSD
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- Cadillac and tug Glenada.
