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New 3D Shipwreck Model Added: Unidentified Tug (WHS Tug 3), Lake Michigan
This site represents the second of several small wrecks discovered during a NOAA survey of the Milwaukee region and is the last of these newly found wrecks documented during our 2025 field season. While much about the vessel’s identity and history remains unknown, the wreck itself is exceptionally informative.
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🚨 **New Wreck Discovery — Lake Michigan (Milwaukee area)** 🚨
During the 2025 NOAA hydrographic/documentation survey in the Milwaukee area of Lake Michigan, a previously unidentified small steam-powered tug was documented — one of five newly identified small wrecks from the field season. 🔹 Type: Steam-powered tug (unidentified) 📏 Length: ~68 ft / 20.7 m ⚓ Condition: Highly collapsed (hull sides gone), but the machinery…
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New 3D Shipwreck Added: Appomattox — Lake Michigan’s Wooden Giant
3DShipwrecks just added a remarkable Lake Michigan shipwreck to the 3DShipwrecks.org database and website: the Appomattox, a true record-holder in Great Lakes maritime history. At 320 feet in length, Appomattox was the largest wooden bulk freighter ever built on the Great Lakes. Constructed in West Bay City, Michigan, she was a product of the James…
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The Girl Diver of the Great Lakes
Frances Baker, Detroit’s fearless wreck diver in the early 1900s (as profiled in 1905) Quick Profile A Great Lakes Profession Few Dared Enter At the start of the 20th century, Great Lakes shipping was booming—and so were losses. Storms, collisions, groundings, fire, and structural failures sent ships and barges to the bottom across Lake Erie,…
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New 3D Shipwreck Model Release – Prins Willem V, Lake Michigan
Got it — here’s a focused blog post draft highlighting the new 3D model release of the Prins Willem V wreck from 3DShipwrecks.org.It’s written in Shotline Diving’s neutral, documentary style — informative but engaging for divers and maritime enthusiasts. A stunning new 3D digital model of the Prins Willem V has just been released by…
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NOAA Releases New 3D Model – St. Lawrence River Barge Hiawatha
Date: January 2026 Category: Lake Ontario Wrecks / NOAA Documentation Tags: NOAA, Hiawatha, St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Great Lakes Shipwrecks, 3D Model, Tim Caza, Dennis Gerber, Historical Wrecks, Documentation Story NOAA has released a new 3D model of the barge Hiawatha — one of the classic St. Lawrence River coal barges lost during the…
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EMBA in 3D: A Lake Michigan Schooner-Barge Brought Back to Life
3DShipwrecks.org has released a full photogrammetry model of the schooner-barge E.M.B.A. (A.C. Tuxbury), US 106706, and it’s the kind of model you can easily lose an evening explorin
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New 3D Model Release: Wisconsin Now Live on 3DShipwrecks
Shotline’s Wisconsin record just got a major upgrade. 3DShipwrecks has released a new, high-detail 3D model of the wreck of the Wisconsin — giving divers, researchers, and wreck nerds a clean “fly-through” view of hull shape, structure, and key features that are hard to understand from photos alone. If you’ve ever tried to describe a…
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New 3D Shipwreck Model: Schooner Kate Kelly (1867) — Wind Point, Wisconsin
3D photogrammetry model of Kate Kelly — © 3DShipwrecks.org The 3DShipwrecks.org project has just added a detailed 3D model of the schooner Kate Kelly, one of Lake Michigan’s most frequently visited wreck sites. The model can be explored at 3DShipwrecks.org. About the Vessel Built in 1867 at Tonawanda, New York, the Kate Kelly was a…
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New Release: 3D Shipwrecks Publishes High-Resolution Model of the Unknown Schooner (Nicole’s Wreck)
The team at 3D Shipwrecks has released a stunning new high-resolution 3D model of the unidentified two-masted schooner widely known as Nicole’s Wreck. Resting in 55 feet of cold Lake Michigan water, this ~140-foot vessel has remained a mystery since its discovery by Capt. Nicole Alarid of Double Action Dive Charters. The new model captures…
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