Name
| Location | Depth | Ship | GPS | Details |
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Comanche
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| Approx 5 miles north of Pentwater | 75' | 75 - 100' tugboat, intact | N 43 50.253
W 86 29.023
| Intermediate dive
 Prop of the Comanche
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Minch, Anna C. | Approx 1.5 miles south of Pentwater | 35 - 45' | 380' steel bulk freighter steamer | Bow:
N 43 45.784
W 86 27.776
Stern:
N 43 45.705
W 86 27.849
| Built in Cleveland in 1903, the Minch sank during the notorious Armistice Day Storm on Nov. 11, 1940.
Huge site with steel wreckage. The vessel is in 2 pieces.
Novice - Intermediate Dive
 Diving the Minch
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Novadoc | Off Juniper Beach near Pentwater
| 12 - 15' | 252' steel bulk freighter | N 43 41.801
W 86 30.954 | Built in 1928 at Wallsend, England, the Novadoc sank during the Armistice Day storm in 1940.
Lies broken in shallow water. Nice snorkel, too - usually visible from surface.
Novice Dive |
| Approx 8 miles north of Whitehall | 70' | 182' lumber schooner-barge | N 43 29.898
W 86 29.892 | Built in Cleveland in 1868, the Brightie foundered with a cargo of pulpwood on August 23, 1928.
Broken up timbers.
Advanced dive
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Interlaken | Approx 7 miles north of Whitehall | 15' | 170' construction schooner-barge
| N 43 27.056
W 86 27.497
| Built in Algonac, MI in 1893, the Interlaken sank in a storn in 1936.
Quite buried in sand.
Novice dive
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State of Michigan | Approx 2 miles northwest of Whitehall
| 60 - 75'
| 165' wooden passenger freight steamer
| N 43 23.336
W 86 27.851 | Orignially names the De Pree, the State of Michigan was built in 1875 in Manitowac, WI.
She sank on October 18, 1901. Thought to have sunk from throwing a piston rod from her big engine, but never proven.
Boiler and outer hull intact.
Intermediate dive
 Diving the State of Michigan
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Salvor | Approx 3 miles north of the Muskegon Channel
| 25 - 30'
| 253' wooden pseudo-whaleback steamer converted to a stell bulk freight barge. | N 43 15.615
W 86 22.119 | Originally named Turret Chief, the Salvor was built in 1896 in Sunderland, England.
She foundered in a storn on Sept. 26, 1930 while being towed by the Fitzgerald. The tow rope broke and the Salvor sunk.
The vessel is in one piece, but sand covers the midsection making it seem that the vessel is in 2 pieces.
Novice dive |
Helen | Approx 1 mile north of the Muskegon Channel
| 10'
| 90' merchant schooner | N 43 15.003
W 86 21.152 | The Helen sank in the gale of November 18, 1886.
Located close to shore, but not an easy shore dive due to difficult access.
This wreck comes and goes with the shifting sands.
Novice dive. |
Cort, Henry | Along the outside of the north wall of the Muskegon Channel
| 20 - 30'
| 320' whaleback steamer
| | Originally named the Pillsbury, the Cort was built in 1892 at Superior, WI.
She was stranded along the wall on Nov. 30, 1934.
The wreck is broken and twisted, and is right along the outside of the north breakwall.
Novice dive.
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Ironsides | Approx 4 miles west of the Grand Haven Channel
| 100 - 120'
| 218' wooden twin prop steamer
| N 43 02.931
W 86 19.155 | Built in Cleveland in 1864, the Ironsides foundered in heavy seas on Sept. 15, 1873.
Fairly intact.
Advanced dive
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Hamilton Reef | Just south of the Muskegon Channel
| 30'
| Cement rubble
| N 43 12.990
W 86 20.499 | Also known as "The Rock Pile", the Hamilton Reef is an artificial reef of cement rubble in a snake formation.
The reef provides habitat for fish, making it an interesting dive. |
Davock, William B. | 1.9 miles off Little Sable Light | 215 - 240'
| 420' Steel bulk freight steamer | | Built in St. Clair, MI in 1909, the Davock sank in the Armistice Day storm of 1940.
Outside of recreational dive limits
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Daisy Day
| Off Claybanks Twp Park in Oceana County | Shallow
| 103' wooden steam-powered bulk freighter | N 43 31.670
W 86 29.282
| Sank on October 11, 1891.
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Clay wall | 1/2 mile NW of the Whitehall Channel | 50'
| Naturally occuring clay wall
| N 43 23.196
W 86 27.025
|  Diving the clay wall
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