Lake Name: Lake Michigan
Shipwreck Name: Home
Shipwreck Pictures
Vessel Type: Two-Masted Schooner
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Vessel Build Info: 1843, Redfield, Lower Sandusky, OH
Shipwreck Specs: 85x24x7, 128 t. om
Official Number: none
Names Other: none
Sinking Detail: Bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee, she was rammed at night by the schooner WILLIAM FISKE(qv) and sank. Remains are well-known.
Loss Date: 10/23/1858
Loss Place: off Manitowoc
Loss Life: none
Loss Reason: Collision
Vessel Cargo: Slabwood
Shipwreck Description: The intact Home lies in 165 feet of water a few miles southeast of Manitowoc, WI.
Dive Type: Entry level technical
Depth Deck(ft): 150 ft
Depth Bottom(ft): 165 ft
Depth Deck(m): 46 m
Depth Bottom(m): 50 m