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Lake Michigan Dive – State of Michigan wreck in Whitehall, MI
Date: June 16th
The State Of Michigan was built in 1873 for the Goodrich Steamship Line, and originally bore the name Depere. She measured 165.0’ in length, with a beam of 29.0’, and drafted 10.0’ of water. Her home port was Detroit, Michigan. During her life on the lakes, the steamer was stranded twice - once while under the Goodrich flag near Manitowoc where she spent an entire winter on the beach and later while in the Grummond line on the Charities in Saginaw Bay. It was there she nearly was abandoned as a total loss. She even outlived the gale of 1888 in which the Alpena met her fate. On October 15, 1901, the Barry Line Steamer State Of Michigan sank at three o'clock in the morning about four miles northwest of White Lake harbor. The crew escaped in the boats with the assistance of the U. S. Life Saving Service crew at White Lake. She had left Muskegon the previous night bound for Manistee with a cargo of salt destined for Chicago. When off White Lake, the piston rod of the engine broke and according to the captain's report, broke a hole through the bottom of the boat through which the water poured in with such force and quantity that the engine hands were driven out of the room. The wreck sits in 65 ft of water. Her engine is upright and intact, and her engine cylinder is the highest point of the wreck rising 20’ off the bottom. The large boiler is still in place making for excellent exploration opportunity. The hull has been severely damaged by salvage operations, ice, and time in general. Besides the machinery, the timbers of the hull bottom are still visible with the bow being the most intact part of the wreck.
COST:
$85
Package Includes: 1-tank charter on shipwreck.
Departure times: 6:30pm.
Package Includes: 1-tank charter on shipwreck.
Departure times: 6:30pm.
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