The David Swayze
Great Lakes Shipwreck File
Record Detail

Vessel Name: JOHN A. McGEAN
Other Names: none
Build Info: 1908, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH  
Type at loss: propeller, steel, bulk freight Official No: 205032
Specs: 432x52x28, 5100g 3777n
Date of Loss:
1913, Nov 11
Type of Loss: storm Lake: Huron
Accident Place: midlake, off the Tawasses
Last Updated Dec, 2019  
Cargo: coal Loss of Life: 28 [all]
Detail: Considered unsinkable, she foundered in the "Big Storm" of 1913. Her exact position when she went down was a mystery until her wreckage was located in 1985 near where she was last sighted. Master: Capt. C. R. Ney(d).Image of JOHN A. McGEAN

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