Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: State of Michigan OTHER NAME(s): DePere OFFICIAL NO: 6849 DATE OF LOSS: 18 October 1901 REASON: Mechanical LOCATION: Off White River, MI - Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, 1873 OWNER(S): Capt. Miles Barry MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 736.22 gt DIMENSIONS: 165 x 29 x 10 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated Built for the Goodrich Transportation Co., at Manitowoc, WI., in 1873. Name changed following sale to Stephen B. Grummond (1892) at which time she was also rebuilt and a new engine installed. Bound for Manistee, light, when the piston rod broke and punched a hole through her bottom. Went down while in tow of a tug attempting to tow her into port. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1884 Beeson's Inland Marine Guide- 1891, 1892 Plumb "History of Manitowoc County," 1904 - p. 75 Merchant Vessel List - 1895 Marine Review, 24 October 1901 Port Huron Daily Times, 19 October 1901