Back SS Eastland Czech Eastland (Schiff) German اساس ایستلند Persian SS Eastland Finnish Eastland French SS Eastland Hungarian SS Eastland Italian イーストランド (客船) Japanese SS Eastland Polish SS Eastland SIMPLE
 SS Eastland in Cleveland, Ohio (1911)
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Eastland |
| Owner | Michigan Steamship Company |
| Route | South Haven, Michigan – Chicago, Illinois |
| Ordered | October 1902 |
| Builder | Jenks Ship Building Company |
| Launched | 6 May 1903 |
| Christened | May 1903 by Francis Elizabeth Stufflebeam |
| Maiden voyage | 16 July 1903 |
| Nickname(s) | "Speed queen of the Great Lakes" |
| Honors and awards |
|
| Fate | Sold during 1905 to the Michigan Transportation Company |
| United States | |
| Name | Eastland |
| Owner | Michigan Transportation Company |
| Operator | Chicago-South Haven Line |
| Route | South Haven – Chicago route |
| Fate | Sold 5 August 1906, to the Lake Shore Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
 United States | |
| Name | Eastland |
| Owner | Lake Shore Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
| Route | Cleveland-Cedar Point route |
| Fate | Sold during 1909 to the Eastland Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
 United States | |
| Name | Eastland |
| Owner | Eastland Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio |
| Route | Cleveland-Cedar Point route |
| Fate | Sold on 1 June 1914 to the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan. |
| United States | |
| Name | Eastland |
| Owner | St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan |
| Route | St. Joseph, Michigan, to Chicago route |
| Fate | Raised after accident in October 1915 and sold at auction on 20 December 1915 to Captain Edward A. Evers, sold on 21 November 1917 to the Illinois Naval Reserve. |
 United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Wilmette |
| Acquired | 21 November 1917 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1918 |
| Recommissioned |
|
| Decommissioned |
|
| Renamed | Wilmette on 20 February 1918 |
| Reclassified |
|
| Stricken | 19 December 1945 |
| Honors and awards |
|
| Fate | Sold for scrap on 31 October 1946 to Hyman Michaels Company of Chicago and scrapped, scrapping completed in 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Ship |
| Tonnage | 1,961 gross |
| Displacement | 2,600 (estimated) |
| Length | 265 ft (81 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 2 in (11.63 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
| Installed power |
|
| Propulsion | Two shafts |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity | As Eastland: 2,752 passengers |
| Complement | As USS Wilmette: 209 |
| Armament |
|
| Notes |
|
SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River.[1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.[1][2]
After the disaster, Eastland was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications, Eastland was designated a gunboat and renamed USS Wilmette. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes, and was scrapped after World War II.
- ^ a b "The Eastland". Eastland Memorial Society. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ^ Baillod, Brendon. "Introduction". The Wreck of the Steamer Lady Elgin. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2009.