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    VESSEL NAME:   Material Service  (M/V)
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   228371
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 July 1936
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off S. Chicago breakwater light
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, self-unloading bulk freighter,
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Smith & Leathem Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI - 1929
    OWNER(S):      Smith-Putnam Navigation Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI
    MASTER:        Capt. Charles D. Brown, Port Huron, MI
    TONNAGE:       1,077 gt, 736 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    239.58 x 40 x 13.75
    CASUALTIES:    15 of 22

                   At 12:59 a.m. the MATERIAL SERVICE was approaching the
                South Chicago light and all was well. Within 30 minutes the
                large motorship was resting on the bottom of Lake Michigan.
                   Bound Lockport to the Material Service corporation
                yards at Calumet Harbor with 2,400 tons of sand when she
                suddenly began taking on water. A huge wave swept over her
                and caused her to lurch suddenly to port; sinking about a
                minute later.
                   The subsequent investigation showed that tarpaulins had
                not been used to make her hold covers watertight and that
                the A-frame had been kept erect during the trip.
                   Over the next decade several attempts at salvage were
                made, each prooving unsuccessful and, eventually, the wreck
                was abandoned.

                Casualties:
                Capt. Charles D. Brown, Port Huron
                Melvin Tufts, age 34, second mate, Lockport
                Harry Meyers, age 29, oiler, Lockport
                Leif Olson, age 32, sand scraper, Lockport
                Anthony Casity, age 45, steward, Lockport
                Elmer Bergland, age 28, boom man, Lockport
                Marshall Oberlin, age 28, cook. Lockport
                Elmer Bergran, deckhand, Chicago
                John Melby, Wheelman, Chicago
                Fred Samuelson, deckhand, Chicago
                Michael McEvoy, age 27, deckhand, Chicago
                Charles Bergstead, age 30, oiler, Chicago
                Odin Johnson, chief engineer, Lemont
                C. Brown, deckhand, MI.
                Dan Hanson, oiler, Sturgeon Bay, WI





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Sources: Chicago Daily Tribune, 30 July - 3 August 1936
         Buffalo Courier-Express, 30 July 1936
         Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1936
         Great Lakes Vessels Online Index - BGSU