Shipwreck Kiowa

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Database Information Shipwreck Kiowa

Basic Information

Name(s)  Kiowa
Registry  US
Official Number 220780
Vessel Type Package and bulk freighter
Year Built 1920
Year Sank 1929
Hull Material Steel
Engines Steam

Dimensions

Length 251 ft
Width  43.5 ft
Depth  22 ft

Vessel History

Complete Historic Information Link – https://greatlakeships.org/3688410/data ;  https://www.michiganpreserves.org/alger-underwater-preserve/

Wreck Site Information

Lake Superior
State or Province Michigan
Depth 40 ft
GPS Coordinates 46° 38.714′  N 086° 13.068′ W
Site Description This shallow water steel freighter is badly broken but much of the machinery and parts of the hull are still recognizable. Probably the most recognizable pieces of machinery are the shaft tunnel and thrust bearing near the stern and the windlass and hawse pipes near the bow. Although flattened the boiler is extant on site. The engine base is broken and recognizable as are pieces of the cylinders.  The bow wreckage is separated by about fifty feet from the rest of the hull wreckage. In the center of the wreckage is a major amount or piping and broken hull and machinery pieces. All along the wreck broken pieces of the bottom and sides of the ship are recognizable.