SS Onoko
She was launched in 1882 in Cleveland, Ohio by the Globe shipbuilding firm, as its hull number #4, and sank on September 14, 1915, in Lake Superior near Knife River, Minnesota.[4] Onoko (Official number 155048) was built at Radcliffe's yard in Cleveland by the Globe Iron Works Company and was launched on February 16, 1882.[5][6] She was powered by a 900-horsepower compound steam engine fueled by two Scotch marine boilers, and gaff-rigged with auxiliary sails on four masts.[7] The superintendent of Onoko's construction was John H. Smith, who learned iron shipbuilding technology and techniques on the River Clyde in Scotland.On her maiden voyage Onoko sailed from Cleveland on April 19, 1882, leaving port at 11 p.m. and arriving in Chicago around 2 p.m. the next day.On May 5, 1882, the Cleveland Herald responded that function trumped form: The Buffalo papers took occasion when the steamship Onoko was there a few days ago to speak disparagingly of her qualities, especially her homeliness, and wound up by calling her an "eye-sore."On the night of December 1, 1910 Onoko ran aground on Southeast Shoal during a snowstorm 60 miles below Amherstburg, between Point Pelee and Wheatley, Ontario.[7] In early September, 1915, Onoko grounded while departing a grain elevator in Duluth, but freed herself and cleared the harbor safely.On September 15, 1915 the Duluth Herald wrote an article saying: All went well and the sea was smooth, when while on the regular course, about nine miles off Knife island, the engineer, J.J. Higgins, reported to the master, Capt.Cranbee, wife of the steward, and the lone passenger, Antone Rehor, a cement contractor of Cleveland, had no trouble reaching the boats and safety, and in a few minutes the steamer, her stern having filled rapidly, tossed her nose in the air and plunged stern first to the bottom.[11] The boats were at a safe distance and the members of the crew were not worried; before they left the ship, they saw the steamer Renown, a tanker belonging to the Standard Oil company, which had left Duluth shortly after Onoko, coming on full speed, the master of the tanker having noticed that Onoko was settling.[11][3][12]The wreck of Onoko was discovered on April 10, 1988, by Jerry Eliason of Scanlon, Minnesota, and Kraig Smith of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, after they conducted a thorough search using a depth finder.
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