Success (shipwreck)

The Success is a shipwreck located off the coast of Whitefish Dunes State Park in Sevastopol, Wisconsin.^[1]

SUCCESS (scow schooner) Shipwreck
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Off the coast of Sevastopol, Wisconsin
NRHP reference No.	15000711
Added to NRHP	October 5, 2015

History

The Success was built by Norwegian immigrant Julius Johnson in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1875. The vessel primarily hauled lumber on Lake Michigan.^[2]

On Thanksgiving of 1896, the ship was anchored at Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin in an attempt to wait out a storm. However, it began taking on water and was eventually pushed ashore by a gale. All crew members were rescued and the cargo would be salvaged, but the ship was declared to be a total loss.

The site was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.^[3]

References

1. "Success Shipwreck (Scow Schooner)". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-14. (Archived August 14, 2018)
2. "Success (1875)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
3. ".13 miles SW of Whitefish Dunes State Park, Lake Michigan". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-08-14.