SS Isaac M. Scott (1909)
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SS Isaac M. Scott was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 in Lake Huron, 6 to 7 miles (9.7 to 11.3 km) northeast of Thunder Bay Island (45°03.920′N 83°02.353′W), while she was traveling from Cleveland, Ohio, United States to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States with a cargo of coal.[1]
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United States | |
Name | Isaac M. Scott |
Owner | Virginia Steamship Co. |
Port of registry | Lorain, Ohio, United States |
Builder | American Ship Building Company |
Yard number | 369 |
Launched | 12 June 1909 |
Completed | 2 July 1909 |
Maiden voyage | 12 July 1909 |
In service | 12 July 1909 |
Out of service | 11 November 1913 |
Fate | Sunk in Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Great Lakes freighter |
Tonnage | 6,372 GRT |
Length | 504 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Height | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Depth | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Crew | 28 |
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She is tied with two other vessels (Argus and Charles S. Price) for the deadliest shipwreck during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.