Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Lakeland OTHER NAME(s): Cambria - renamed in 1910 OFFICIAL NO: 126420 DATE OF LOSS: 4 December 1924 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 6 mi. east of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Globe Iron Works, Cleveland - 1887 OWNER(S): Thompson Transit Corp. MASTER: Capt. John McNeely TONNAGE: 1878.1 gt, 1377.33 nt DIMENSIONS: 280 x 40 x 20 CASUALTIES: 0 of 27 The LAKELAND was bound from Chicago to Detroit loaded with Nash and Kissel automobiles when she ducked into the Sturgeon Bay ship canal for a full day on account of southwest storm warnings. She had experienced some minor leaking during the year but nothing of major concern. When she cleared the canal at 7:10 the following morning the lake was calm and yet, when about 15 miles east, her steel hull began leaking. An S.O.S. was sent out and LAKELAND was put about to run for shallower water. She was still about 9 miles out when it be- came necessary to check the engines in order to furnish steam for the pumps. The pumps were not keeping up with the inflow of Lake Michigan and forward progress was greatly diminished. With the LAKELAND listing badly to port the captain ordered the majority of the crew to the boats while he stayed behind with a handful of men. The carferry ANN ARBOR NO. 6 had heard the dis- tress call and, upon arrival, took aboard the men from the boats. The situation was hopeless when the Coast Guard arrived and the captain and remainder of the crew were ordered to leave the LAKELAND. She sunk aft into 35 fathoms of water; the air pressure blowing off her cabins and hatches as she went down. It was alleged that the LAKELAND was sunk intentionally, but the allegations were never proven. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1887, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1904, 1909 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1920, R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1891 Beeson's Marine Directory - 1898, 1899, 1908, 1909 Blue Book of American Shipping - 1906 Door County Advocate - 5 December 1924