Roy A. Jodrey
Bulk Carrier · Lost 1974 · Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence
The 640-foot laker Roy A. Jodrey sank off Wellesley Island in the Thousand Islands on November 20, 1974, after striking Pullman Shoal; all her crew escaped.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Launched in 1965 for Algoma Central Railway and named for a company director, the laker Roy A. Jodrey was built to reach Seaway ports too small for bigger freighters. In November 1974 she struck Pullman Shoal near Alexandria Bay, New York, limped to the Coast Guard station on Wellesley Island and tied up, then sank at about 3 a.m. in 254 feet of water. Her whole crew escaped. A diver died salvaging her iron ore, and she remains a deadly technical dive.
Vessel
- 1965
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- Steel
- 640 ft
- 71.5 ft
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- Diesel
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Loss
- November 20, 1974
- Grounding
- Off the U.S. Coast Guard station, Wellesley Island, after striking Pullman Shoal
- St. Lawrence River
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- Iron ore
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- 0
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The Wreck Today
- 254 ft
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Position
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- Position not established
- Alexandria Bay, New York
No pin: no surveyed wreck position in the sources used.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
Based on a published secondary account; original records were not independently inspected.
Article narrative of construction, voyage and loss (secondary summary of cited books and newspapers).
Scanner, v. 7 n. 3 (December 1974), Toronto Marine Historical Society
Contemporary report of the loss near Wellesley Island, upbound with iron ore pellets for Detroit.
