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SS ''Edward Y. Townsend'' (official number 203449) was a
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Great Lakes freighter that served on the Great Lakes. She was primarily used to haul bulk cargoes such as iron ore
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, coal, grain
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and occasionally limestone. She was in service from her launching in 1906 to her sinking in 1968. She is best known for sinking on the way to the scrapper, near , off the coast of Newfoundland
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History
''Edward Y. Townsend'' was built in 1906 by theSuperior Shipbuilding Company
The Superior Shipbuilding Company was originally called the American Steel Barge Company, and based in Duluth, Minnesota. It was founded by Scottish Captain Alexander McDougall who founded it so he could produce his new whaleback ship, this was ...
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, for the Cambria Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio
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. She was the longest vessel at the time of her launch, therefore she was given the title ' Queen of the Lakes'. She began service in September 1906.
On April 26, 1909, ''Edward Y. Townsend'' collided with the steamer ''Philip Minch'' off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior sustaining minor damage. Low water levels on February 1 through February 6, 1926, caused ''Edward Y. Townsend'' to run aground near Buffalo, New York.
SS ''Daniel J. Morrell''
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s, because they were virtually identical. On November 29, 1966 ''Edward Y. Townsend'' suffered a crack in her hull while traveling on Northern Lake Huron (in the same storm that sank ''Daniel J. Morrell''). She was deemed unseaworthy, and laid up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for two years.
Sinking
In 1968 she was sold to the Sea-Land Service Inc. for sale in the US Maritime Commission on vessels in the reserve fleet. She was later resold to a Spanish scrapyard. On September 15, 1968, ''Edward Y. Townsend'' passed down Port Colborne, Ontario in tow of the tugboats ''James Battle'' and ''Salvage Monarch''. On October 1, 1968, she cleared Quebec with the steamer ''Dolomite'', towed by the tug ''Hudson''. She broke free on October 7 in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean, split in half, and sank in the same general vicinity as where the RMS ''Titanic'' had sunk, about southeast ofNewfoundland
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See also
* 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard * Great Lakes Storm of 1913 * Jones and Laughlin Steel Company *List of storms on the Great Lakes
Ever since people have traveled the Great Lakes (North America), Great Lakes, storms have taken lives and vessels. The first sailing vessel on the upper lakes, the ''Le Griffon'', was lost on its return from Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay in ...
* Mataafa Storm
The Mataafa Storm of 1905, was a storm that occurred on the Great Lakes on November 27–28, 1905. The system moved across the Great Basin with moderate depth on November 26 and November 27, then east-northeastward across the Great Lakes on Novemb ...
* Largest shipwrecks on the Great Lakes
* List of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes
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References
External links
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