SS Onoko
Onoko c. 1900 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Onoko |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | United States |
| Builder | Globe Iron Works Company |
| Yard number | 4 |
| Launched | February 16, 1882 |
| Completed | 1882 |
| In service | March 31, 1882 |
| Out of service | September 15, 1915 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #155048 |
| Fate | Sprang a leak and sank on Lake Superior with no loss of life |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bulk Freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 302.6 ft (92.2 m) |
| Beam | 38.6 ft (11.8 m) |
| Height | 24.8 ft (7.6 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × Scotch marine boilers |
| Propulsion | Compound steam engine |
Onoko (Bulk Freight Steamer) Shipwreck | |
| Location | 6 miles south of Knife River |
| Nearest city | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46°50.772′N 91°46.640′W / 46.846200°N 91.777333°W |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architect | Globe Iron Works Company; William H. Radcliffe |
| Architectural style | Freighter |
| MPS | Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000845 |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1992 |
SS Onoko was an iron-hulled Great Lakes freighter. 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. According to the Minnesota Historical Society, Onoko is regarded as a prototype of the single-steel hulled Great Lakes bulk carrier, These vessels made possible the cheap transport of bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal and limestone. Her wreckage still remains on the bottom of Lake Superior and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.