SS Superior City
The SS Superior City was considered a pioneer vessel at her launching in 1898. She was the largest vessel ever built on freshwater at that time. She sailed the Great Lakes for twenty-two years until she sank after a collision in 1920 with the steamer Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior that resulted in the loss of 29 lives. Controversy was immediate over the collision. It was subsequently ruled that the captains of both ships failed to follow the “rules-of-the-road”. Controversy started again in 1988 when the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society produced a video called "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" that included extensive footage of the skeletons of the Superior City crew. The controversy continued as late as 1996 over artifacts removed from her wreck. She is now a protec
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SS Superior City
The SS Superior City was considered a pioneer vessel at her launching in 1898. She was the largest vessel ever built on freshwater at that time. She sailed the Great Lakes for twenty-two years until she sank after a collision in 1920 with the steamer Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior that resulted in the loss of 29 lives. Controversy was immediate over the collision. It was subsequently ruled that the captains of both ships failed to follow the “rules-of-the-road”. Controversy started again in 1988 when the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society produced a video called "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" that included extensive footage of the skeletons of the Superior City crew. The controversy continued as late as 1996 over artifacts removed from her wreck. She is now a protec
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1.307592e+2
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Sank inWhitefish Bay20 August 1920 after colliding with Willis L. King
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742,721,425
Ship builder
Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, OH
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Ship notes
United States Registry # 116820
Ship owner
American Steamship Company 1898 - 1901; Pittsburg Steamship Company 1901 - 1920
Ship propulsion
Propeller, 1900 hp engine
Ship registry
Cleveland, Ohio
Ship tonnage
* 3,693 Net Register Tonnage
* 4,785 Gross Register Tonnage
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The SS Superior City was consi ...... her wreck. She is now a protec
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SS Superior City
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Superior City
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