1903

MANZZUTTI was launched as a.) J S KEEFE (Hull#203) at Buffalo, New York by the Buffalo Dry Dock Co.

1917

DUNDEE, which left the Great Lakes in 1915 after service in several fleets including Canada Steamship Lines, was torpedoed and sunk by U-55. The vessel was 10 miles north and west of Ives Head, Cornwall, England, while enroute, in ballast, from London to Swansea. One life was lost.

1930

While leading the way across Lake Michigan to Grand Haven, the Grand Trunk carferry MADISON was struck from behind by her sister ship GRAND RAPIDS.

2023

Algoma Central tanker ALGONORTH (2) departed for Kalundborg, Denmark, after being sold to Furetank, where she would be drydocked, reflagged, and renamed.

Contributors & Sources

Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Ahoy & Farewell II, and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit.

Compiled & Maintained by Roger LeLievre