The ship called the Arlington was finally found about 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula after it sank in 1940 with captain Frederick “Tatey Bug” Burke, according to The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
The recent discovery of wreckage more than 600 feet deep in Lake Superior solves one mystery of the SS Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier that sank in 1940. But another remains.
The recent discovery of wreckage more than 600 feet deep in Lake Superior solves one mystery of the SS Arlington, a 244-foot bulk carrier that sank in 1940. But another remains.
The Atlanta s crew quickly abandoned ship, jumped aboard a lifeboat and rowed for several hours toward the Crisp Point Life-Saving Station. The boat overturned near shore, causing all but two