Carl D. Bradley
Self-Unloading Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1958 · The Straits of Mackinac
Rogers City's great limestone carrier, broken in two by a November gale in 1958 with the loss of 33 men.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Carl D. Bradley was a self-unloading limestone carrier built in 1927 for the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company of Rogers City. On 18 November 1958, running without cargo in a severe storm on northern Lake Michigan, she broke in two and sank. Of 35 crew, only two survived on a life raft. Most of the dead came from Rogers City, a small town hit very hard by the loss.
Vessel
- 1927
- American Ship Building Company
- Lorain, Ohio
- Steel
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- Steam turbo-electric
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Loss
- November 18, 1958
- Storm
- Northern Lake Michigan, southwest of Gull Island
- Lake Michigan
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- 35
- 33
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The Wreck Today
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Position
- 45.70° N 85.80° W
- General area only
- Beaver Island, Michigan
Pin marks the named place of loss, not a surveyed wreck position.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
The wreck lies in deep water; present condition is not described here.
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Great Lakes shipwreck records
Loss date, circumstances and site context.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society
Vessel history, loss and search history.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University
Vessel particulars and career.
