AH-WR-1498

Herman H. Hettler

Wooden Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1926 · Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior

A wooden steamer broken up on Grand Island in 1926, now a shallow dive site in the Alger Underwater Preserve.

Become Captain of Record See Shipwreck on Map

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Herman H. Hettler was a wooden steam freighter of the late 1800s. In November 1926 she ran aground on Grand Island near Munising in a storm and broke up. Her scattered remains lie in shallow water and are visited by divers in the Alger Underwater Preserve.

Vessel

Built: 1890
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Steam, single screw
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 23, 1926
Cause: Grounding
Location: Grand Island, Munising Bay, Michigan
Water: Lake Superior
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Within the Alger Underwater Preserve

Position

Coordinates: 46.47° N 86.65° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Munising, Michigan
Region: Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior

Pin marks the named place of loss, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)

Exact wreck position, depth and present condition are not established in the sources reviewed.

Alger Underwater Preserve
Dive site description.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University
Vessel particulars and career.