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A 203 foot steamer went down in a storm October 29, 1929.  She lies in 90 to 130 feet of water 6 miles east of Kenosha.  Some passenger cabins still remain intact.
Click here to see some Shipwreck Movies of the SS Wisconsin

WISCONSIN
Other names   :  built as
WISCONSIN, renamed NAOMI(1899), E.G. CROSBY(1909), GEN. ROBERT M. O'REILLY(1918), PILGRIM(1920)  and WISCONSIN again in 1924.

Official no.      :  80861
Type at loss    :  propeller, iron, passenger & package freight

Build info        :  1881, Detroit Dry Dock,
Wyandotte, MI  hull# 49

Specs             :  209x41x21,  1921 t.
Date of loss    :  1929, Nov 29

Place of loss   :  off
Kenosha, WI
Lake
               : Michigan

Type of loss    :  storm
Loss of life      :  18 of 76
Carrying         :  machine tools, pass.

Detail             : Goodrich liner was overwhelmed by the storm and foundered while waiting out the weather off
Kenosha. She was an unrecoverable total loss.

 
See NAOMI for more information.
Orig 204X35x12, rebuilt & enlarged in 1899 and 1920. Originally built for the Goodrich Line and designed by Frank Kirby. Sister of str MICHIGAN.
Sources            :   ns3,is,eas,mv,atl,gs,sol,lmdc,h,mpl,rsh



Photos by Steven Kovich

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