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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=Muskegon in port.jpg
|Ship caption=The ''Muskegon'' prior to her sinking
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship header=
|Ship name=*Peerless (1872-1907)
*Muskegon (1907-1910)
|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|merchant}}
|Ship operator=Independent Sand Company
|Ship ordered=
|Ship registry={{flag|United States|civil}}, [[Chicago, Illinois]]
|Ship builder=Ira Lafrinnier, [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|Ship yard number=
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|Ship launched=
|Ship identification=U.S. Registry #20470
|Ship acquired=
|Ship maiden voyage=
|Ship in service=July 3, 1872
|Ship out of service=October 6, 1910
|Ship fate=Burned off [[Michigan City, Indiana]]<ref name="GLS">{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2901166/data?n=10|title=PEERLESS (1872, Propeller)|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>
|Ship notes}}
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|Header caption=
|Ship class=Bulk Freighter
|Ship tonnage=*1275.57 [[Gross register ton]]s
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|Ship length=* {{convert|220|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|LOA]]
* {{convert|211|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|LBP]]
|Ship beam={{convert|39.8|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship height={{convert|32|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=
|Ship ice glass=
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|Ship power=2 x [[Scotch marine boiler]]s
|Ship propulsion=700 horsepower [[Steam engine|High pressure condensing engine]]
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| name = ''MUSKEGON'' Shipwreck Site
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| location = Off the coast of [[Michigan City, Indiana]], [[LaPorte County, Indiana]]
| nearest_city = [[Michigan City, Indiana]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41.716667|-86.933333|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Indiana#USA
| built = 1872
| architect = Ira Lafrinnier
| architecture = [[Steamship]]
| added = April 26, 1989
| area =
| refnum = 89000290<ref name="nris">{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/89000290|title=MUSKEGON Shipwreck Site|work=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref>
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The '''[[Steamship|SS]] ''Muskegon''''' was a wooden hulled [[United States|American]] passenger and package freight vessel that burned down on October 6, 1910 off the coast of [[Michigan City, Indiana]] in [[LaPorte County, Indiana]], [[United States]] while unloading a cargo of sand.<ref name="Peerless1">{{cite web|url=https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/p/peerless|title=Peerless|work=Great Lakes Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> On April 26, 1989 the remains of the ''Muskegon'' were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in LaPorte County, Indiana|National Register of Historic Places]].

==History==
===Design and construction===
[[File:Peerless.png|thumb|left|Construction of the ''Muskegon'']]
The ''Muskegon'' was built as the ''Peerless'' in 1872, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] by Ira Lafrinnier.<ref name="BGSU">{{cite web|url=http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/vessel/view/006239|title=Peerless|work=[[Bowling Green State University]]|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> She was launched on June 15, 1872. She had an overall length of {{convert|220|ft|m}}, and a between perpendiculars length of {{convert|211|ft|m}}.<ref name="Peerless1"/> Her beam was {{convert|39.8|ft|m}} wide, and her hull was {{convert|23|ft|m}} deep. She had a [[gross tonnage]] of 1275.57 tons.<ref name="BGSU"/> She was powered by a 700 horsepower [[Steam engine|high pressure condensing engine]], and fueled by two coal-fired [[Firebox (steam engine)|firebox boilers]]. Both the engine and boilers were built by the Globe Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio.<ref name="GLS"/>

===Service history===
She entered service on July 3, 1872 with the Leopold & Austrian’s Lake Superior Line of [[Chicago, Illinois]], and was given the registration number US20470.<ref name="Peerless1"/> In September 1877 she jettisoned a cargo of flour, feed and sundries, about 26 of cattle and about 70 sheep.<ref name="Wrecksite"/>

The ''Peerless'' received repairs in August 1882. On November 26, 1884 she caught fire in Chicago, Illinois, and was repaired and overhauled the following year by the Chicago Dry Dock Company.<ref name="GLS"/>

In November 1894 she was detained at [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]] because of [[smallpox]]. In 1896 ''Peerless'' was sold to the Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Company of Chicago.<ref name="GLS"/><ref name="Peerless1"/> On October 27, 1895 she broke her piston rod near [[St. Joseph, Michigan]], and was rescued by the tug ''Perfection''. In October 1898 her machinery became disabled, and she was towed to [[Marquette, Michigan]]. On September 7, 1899 the ''Peerless'' collided with the [[schooner]] ''A. Stewart'' and sank. She was raised four days later, and was repaired Howard's Bay, [[Superior, Wisconsin|West Superior, Wisconsin]].

In 1906 she was sold to the Chicago Transportation Company of Chicago. Around this time she was moored off Chicago, and used as a gambling vessel.<ref name="Peerless1"/> In 1907 she was sold to the Muskegon & Chicago Navigation Company of [[Muskegon, Michigan]], and was renamed ''Muskegon''. In 1908 the ''Muskegon'' was converted to a [[bulk freighter]] by the Ship Owners Dry Dock Company of Chicago. In 1909 the ''Muskegon'' was sold to the Independent Sand Company of Chicago, she was also converted to a sandsucker in Muskegon.<ref name="Peerless1"/>

===Burning===
On October 6, 1910 the ''Muskegon'' was unloading a cargo of sand at the Indiana Transportation Company's dock in Michigan City, Indiana, when a fire started in her hull. The fire was rumored to have been caused by a [[kerosene]] spillage near the boilers.[[File:Muskegon.png|thumb|left|Wreck of the ''Muskegon'']] The ''Muskegon'' burned to the waterline, and sank at the dock, and remained there until June 10, 1911 when she was refloated and towed out to the harbour to be scuttled.<ref name="3D">{{cite web|url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/lakemich/images/muskegon/index.html|title=Muskegon-3D Wreck Tour|website=Indiana.gov|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> After her loss, the Independent Sand Company used the insurance money they received to buy the sandsucker [[SS J.D. Marshall|''J.D. Marshall'']].<ref name="IND">{{cite web|url=https://www.in.gov/dnr/lakemich/8488.htm|title=Listings of Indiana Shipwrecks|work=[[Indiana]].gov|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>

==The ''Muskegon'' today==
Today, the remains of the ''Muskegon'' lie in {{convert|32|ft|m}} of water.<ref name="3D"/> A lot of machinery remains at the site,<ref name="Wrecksite">{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?167395|title=Muskegon SS (+1910)|work=Wrecksite|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref> including the boilers, the propeller and propeller shaft. Also on the wreck are a number of gears that were once part of the engine.<ref name="3D"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1872 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1910]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in LaPorte County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Package freighters]]
[[Category:Wreck diving sites in the United States]]

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