Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, solving 128-year-old mystery

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Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel.
The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both. The Ironton’s captain and six sailors clambered into a lifeboat but it was dragged to the bottom before they could detach it from the ship. Only two crewmen survived.
The gravesite long eluded shipwreck hunters.
Now, the mystery has been solved, officials with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, said Wednesday. The Associated Press obtained details of the discovery ahead of the announcement.
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@johncooper7663 Год назад

There's a glass bottom boat shipwreck tour that starts at the Thunder Bay harbor in Alpena. When I worked for the National Forest service in 2021, I sent families there when they were looking for things to do.

@doyoulovehimloretta1607 Год назад

Alpena girl here, love ❤️ that tour. The museum is great too!

@Ro6entX Год назад

Better to keep the location a secret; it’ll be picked clean otherwise.

@garman1966 Год назад

It wouldn't be hard to find where it is by looking at the people involved, the ship and it's movements over the years, records and so forth. I'll bet there are already divers who have at least explored it, and likely taken what they could of interest.

@codyking4848 Год назад

You must not know about the diving community. This wreck has most likely been dived many many times before it was "rediscovered".

@Krztph1331 Год назад

If it's deep enough, it should be preserved like they're saying. Look, but don't touch. The still tethered life boats really hit to make the story complete.

@ender_slayer3 Год назад

They say Superior never gives up her dead, but all of the lakes cling to their own dead like gruesome trophies. I love my home state and appreciate the beauty of its lakes, but I also respect them and their power.

@GhostDad420 Год назад

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

@sgt_s4und3r54 Год назад

As a kid, I enjoyed historical battle sites. Now, after studying war all these decades, "enjoy" is not the word I would use.

@SonicPhonic Год назад

How awesome! It should be well preserved in fresh water. Last night I was watching a doc about the Swedish military flagship The Vasa, which sank in 1628 after sailing 1 km. It was retrieved after laying in Stockholm harbour for 370 years. Great find!

@MegaBait1616 Год назад

Zebra Mussels now cover all the wrecks.........

@MegaBait1616 Год назад

Next will be the Asian Carp....smh.

@user-fi9qo8lq3v Год назад

Us nords were a thousand years ahead of 99% of civilizations

@oakenshadow6763 Год назад

The fact the life boats were still tethered is so sad. They didn't have a chance.

@bryancreech1236 Год назад

Keep the place a secret! No has to know the right spot!!!!

@haywoodjay385 Год назад

don't fool yourself, people already know where it is.. No biggy.

@matthewa4593 Год назад

Haunting. Yet peaceful, and majestic.

@richardthompson6366 Год назад

Imagine jumping in the lifeboat only to be dragged down with the ship.

@roguethefox4504 Год назад

@@johnnyjericho8472 Imagine seeing a comment talking about seeing people say imagine under a comment saying imagine

@richardthompson6366 Год назад

@@johnnyjericho8472 Everyday is imagination day.

@table2392 Год назад

@@johnnyjericho8472 Imagine imagining imagination.

@leftylou6070 Год назад

I already imagined that before I got to your comment.

@legitbeans9078 Год назад

That would really be a DRAG

@search4truth104 Год назад

Hundreds of feet down? That should pretty much eliminate most divers from going down?

@bradsanders407 Год назад

Idk seemed fairly well lit for being hundreds of feet down.

@triggerbunny Год назад

As far as ocean water goes, sunlight is still very visible down to 200 meters (over 600ft) or so. Lake Huron's deepest point is around 750ft. Not sure if salt water or fresh water makes any difference in those numbers, but, there ya go.

@nealskrenes2612 Год назад

@@bradsanders407lights on the ROV

@nealskrenes2612 Год назад

Yes, it’s near 300 feet, which is a technical dive, (most sport dive maximums are around 130 to 150 feet) which means hours coming up for a ~15 minute window on the wreck.

@Eza_yuta Год назад

@@triggerbunny I have dream to dive at Porcupine bank (200 meters or so) do you think I will see the sea floor at that deep? I am really afraid that's it's very dark.

@mcreaper5158 Год назад

The sad thing is the invasive zebra mussels that now infest the Great Lakes are probably going to destroy all these well preserved wrecks in a matter of decades. They cover every inch of them and with all that added weight and degradation you can imagine the outcome.

@wantsome-zs5sq Год назад

The shipping industry is introducing new invader every six months to the great lakes.

@trentvlak Год назад

AP is totally untrustworty.

@sabrinatscha2554 Год назад

So tragic 💔😞

@falcorthewonderdog2758 Год назад

No need for any background music. This is why I didn't finish watching your video. So annoying

@nw8000 Год назад

It would seem that if you drop anchor anywhere on the great lakes you wont be far from a ship wreck

@Subpac_ww2 Год назад

Still waiting for the James C. Caruthers to be found. Largest lost wreck in the lakes at this time.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Год назад

The water is dangerous. I've lived on The South Coast of England virtually all my life, any large body of water is dangerous. Storms and fogs make it even worse. Every winter when the freshers arrive at our local Universities, if we've bad storms, then out come the landsmen, who've never lived by the sea. To them water is what you see in a swimming pool or bath. Not many tonnes of moving liquid you can't breath in. Every year at least one or two will die playing tag with the waves.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 Год назад

If they're are spectacularly unlucky, their friends will try to save them.

@Oddball5.0 Год назад

The same thing happens here on the coast of North Carolina, but it’s usually vacationing landlubbers

@nancymcgee4776 Год назад

Fascinating!

@ethanfairweather8736 Год назад

The lake it is said never gives up her dead from the skies November turn gloomy.

@daniel_wilkinson Год назад

So four years ago and we're just hearing about it now.

@Svensk7119 Год назад

The volume is too low. Hard to hear.

@kenziebender998 Год назад

For anyone who works in this field, what kind of benefits can we expect from successful finds like this? It is “just” an answer to a question or is there valuable research that we can do with wrecks like these?

@beansmalone1305 Год назад

5 people died including the captain. The AP should have mentioned that in their story.

@golem550 Год назад

They did

@3rdFloorblog Год назад

These shipwrecks should treated & revered for what they are which are silent memorials of someone's tragic ending and hallow ground. These wrecks should be off-limits to divers.

@johncooper7663 Год назад

Divers are the ones finding these wrecks and helping to manage them.

@johnflatt1288 Год назад

The diving community aren’t a bunch of disrespectful bandits. There’s a few bad apples but most are just interested in seeing things close up, not disturbing sites like this.

@palmbearoftexas2007 Год назад

@@johnflatt1288I could never. The deep, “dark”/low visibility unknown is terrifying. Can’t things still attack you in freshwater wrecks?

@krisbecker8392 Год назад

Awesome

@thesaneparty4079 Год назад

So our grandkids can enjoy these sites. What?

@davidbarnsley8486 Год назад

I would like to see a longer video on this and what about the other boat we’re is that

@bradsanders407 Год назад

I know. Talk about playing 2nd fiddle.

@arche2460 Год назад

There almost definitely is one. Great Lakes shipwrecks are really popular, and there's a distinct fascination with them. I'm about to look for one myself. If the topic interests you in general, check out the channel "Big Old Boats"- they've got great vids

@therealdohos2607 Год назад

i really hope they will eventualy let ppl dive with specific certifiactions for documenting the inside.

@leftylou6070 Год назад

My grand pap was 6 years old when that tub went down.

@fredwood1490 Год назад

So, where is the grain hauler? Should be close by, shouldn't it?

@johnwatson3948 Год назад

They don’t mention here - the “grain hauler” Ohio was discovered earlier in 2017 so they knew the area but still couldn’t find the Ironton for 2 years it must have ended up some distance away. The Ironton was just a schooner-barge being towed by another ship.

@R.J._Lewis Год назад

Depends on how the wrecks occurred and how long it took them to go down. Most sinkings aren't instant. Lots attempt to fight the process for hours or even days before they're forced to abandon ship. The other ship could potentially be miles away.

@EVA-UNIT-13 Год назад

Don't reveal the sight knowing people they'll flock to the area like crows and ruin this historical sight, should only be for study/research and observation

@ricohernandezjr.2874 Год назад

How deep is it?

@hanjizoe2648 Год назад

That one group of passengers that tried escaping the Britannic

@zakthewarcat3172 Год назад

how deep is it

@ralphwatten2426 Год назад

Don't say where it is, don't put a buoy on it.

@Smarty1171 Год назад

How can you enjoy the site if you don’t know where it is?

@raskfel555 Год назад

they are taking photo's for documentation , after which they will place a buoy over it so divers can see it

@Smarty1171 Год назад

@@raskfel555 oh ok. They discovered this on 2019 and started taking photos then. I guess I am impatient. Three years is a long time to wait.

@mitchconner403 Год назад

Since it sunk before world war 2 the metal is low background steel, it has not been exposed to any radioactive particles. the metal is very valuable and it would be stolen by salvagers if people knew the location

@dr.lumpypants3530 Год назад

Oh you’re the sports ranking people

@legneil Год назад

To bad we don’t take care of the needs of the people instead of the needs to save something lost many years ago.

@rainman7992 Год назад

...where do ships go when they sink ?

@jean-philippebouchard9506 Год назад

They found it 4 years ago... Why are we hearing about it now? What is this non sense?

@meatisadelicacy Год назад

Kinda feel like it shouldn't be protected so future generations can "enjoy" that shipwreck and final resting place. But maybe that's just me. It should be protected, just not for enjoyment.

@xaero76 Год назад

Yeah Great idea! Preserve the site for future Generations by letting people go there....... Great Plan..................................

@TheGreatSpl00ge Год назад

What is this song?

@4729Punisher Год назад

Well we know from watching the morticians videos, the lake never gives up her dead.

@JK-br1mu Год назад

Was it lying next to the Prinz Eugen?

@robtim6553 Год назад

Don’t mark it. Leave as a grave

@brucejenner4800 Год назад

Yep,try to protect it, because you WILL get unscrupulous divers trying to steal artifacts from it. I'm amazed that it's taken so long to find it? Are there no resources for a complete side-scan sonar search of the lake/lakes? Perhaps Robert Ballard could get interested!

@tessaducek5601 Год назад

Yup! Unfortunately. They did to the Titanic even though originally woodshole wanted it left alone. That didn't last. Not divers in the regular sense.

@bahbarino4479 Год назад

Any idea of what that last image was…seemed like a sword !?

@tessaducek5601 Год назад

Bowsprit.

@phucknuts.7065 Год назад

They should use Kevlar balloons and raise it

@bakuaeater Год назад

while we can't find mh370

@gordonborsboom7460 Год назад

Coated in Zebra muscles?

@gaving.griffon2703 Год назад

What happened to the "Ohio" though?

@MissGimpsAlot Год назад

This was not a helpful video.... The text on screen was very small and hard to read, you didn't make the story clear of what happened the the ship in the first place, nor how it was found, what is being done to preserve or study it now..... Sheesh. 👎👎