was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but came to a tragic end has been ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. CORRECTS DATE This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from the ...

Minch. He and several members of his family were on board for the ship’s final, fateful journey. Sketches of the SS Western Reserve by Robert McGreevy. (Courtesy Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical ...

The shipwreck was located by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using marine sonic technology. The ship, which was considered one of the safest of its time, sank quickly in a storm ...

The wind picked up and the weather shifted. Minch initially wanted to wait out the storm, but only ballast water weighed the ship down; it carried no cargo. So the crew headed for open water, entering ...

The ship’s radio operator did not have time to send a distress signal, there were no ships in the wider area and those who managed to stay afloat swam for hours without life jackets fighting to stay ...

In August that year, Minch took his family aboard the ship for a cruise through the Great Lakes to escape the summer heat. Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is ...

Great lakes shipwreck museum In August 1892, owner Captain Peter G. Minch and his family embarked on a summer pleasure cruise aboard the vessel — which was also deemed the “safest ship in the ...