1878
1878: ROBERT HOLLAND [Built 1872 US-11043 by John J Hill at Marine City, Michigan Renamed: ROBERT HOLLAND 1882 US-110043 and NORTHERN QUEEN 1878 Canada] On 22 February 1878, the 156 foot wooden freighter ROBERT HOLLAND was purchased by Beatty & Co. of Sarnia for $20
1894
1894: WILLIAM R CROWELL [Built-1875 US-80531 by Gibson & Osman at Buffalo, New York] Sprung a leak and foundered December 3, 1893, 6 miles from shore off Michigan City, IN, Lake Michigan, in fifty feet of water, while on way to assist stranded propeller F.W. WHEELER. Crew rescued by tug T.T. MORFORD; no lives lost. Final enrollment surrendered at Chicago, IL, on February 22, 1894.
1920
1920: On 22 February 1920, the Goodrich Line’s ALABAMA (steel propeller passenger/package freight steamer, 272 foot, 2,626 gross tons, built in 1909, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) ran aground on a concrete obstruction which was the foundation of the old water-intake crib in Lake Michigan off Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The SIDNEY O. NEFF (wooden package freighter, 149 foot, 346 gross tons, built in 1890, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) took off the ALABAMA’s cargo and then harbor tugs pulled the ALABAMA free. Repairs to her hull took the rest of the winter and she didn’t return to service until May 1920.
1925
1925: February 22, 1925 – The ANN ARBOR NO 7 made her maiden voyage.
1928
1928: HAMILTON Built-1847 C-103337 As MAGNET by Currie, Neil & James at Niagara, Ontario. Renamed: HAMILTON-1895 C-103337] As HAMILTON Register closed on February 22, 1928. Hull sold to Louis Goodchild, of Amherstburg, Ontario, and towed there by two gas boats. Laid in old Canada Southern Railway slip at Texas Dock; partly filled in and sank, breaking in two. Hull still there in 1958.
1942
1942: The Great Lakes canal-sized bulk carrier GEORGE L. TORIAN of the Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Co. had been requisitioned for saltwater service in the bauxite trade in 1941. The ship was torpedoed by U-129 off the coast of British Guiana in position 09.13 N / 59.04 W and sank quickly. Most of the crew were killed.
1942: Lake Fitch [Built-1919 by Globe Shipbuilding, Superior US-219112 Other names: NORLAVORE-1941 and QUANTICO-1933] Departed Baltimore, MD, on February 22, 1942, bound for Puerto la Cruz. Presumably torpedoed by German submarine about 300 miles east of Cape Hatteras, NC, on about February 26, 1942; lost with all hands.
1945
1945: H.M.C.S. TRENTONIAN was a Flower Class naval corvette that had been built by the Kingston Shipbuilding Company and completed at Kingston, Ontario, on December 1, 1943. It was torpedoed and sunk by U-1004 near Falmouth, England, and went down stern first. Six on board, one officer and 5 enlisted crew members, were lost.
2019
2019: Algoma Tankers announced on February 22, 2019 it had purchased 2010-built product tanker that would become the eighth ship in Algoma’s Great Lakes based product tanker fleet. The 16,512 dwt vessel was re-named the ALGOTERRA as part of its transition to Algoma Tankers ownership.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.
