Carl D. Bradley

Carl D. Bradley (HM1YQI)

Location: Manistique, MI 49854 Schoolcraft County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 56.776', W 86° 14.12'

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The SS Carl D. Bradley was a self-unloading Great Lakes freighter. Built in 1927 by the American Ship Building Company in Lorain, Ohio, the Bradley was owned by the Michigan Limestone division of U.S. Steel and operated by the Bradley Transportation Line. On the evening of November 18, 1958, after unloading a delivery of stone at Gary, Indiana the previous day, the Bradley was upbound on northern Lake Michigan with water ballast when she encountered a storm with 65 mile per hour winds and 20-foot (6.1 m) waves. The ship was about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Gull Island when, around 5:30pm, the hull began to break in two. The first mate managed to radio three separate transmissions of mayday before the power lines aboard the ship were severed in two. An order was given to abandon ship but the Bradley sank before any life saving craft could be effectively launched. Alerted by a distress call, United States Coast Guard air and surface units and other commercial vessels searched for survivors throughout the night and into the next morning. At 8:25 am on November 19, the USCG Cutter Sundew located the Bradley's forward life raft 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Gull Island with two survivors aboard — First Mate Elmer H. Fleming, 43, and Deck Watchman Frank L. Mays, 26. Throughout the night and the following days, the Sundew and other
vessels recovered 18 bodies, many of which were brought to city hall in Charlevoix, Michigan for family identification. In all, 33 crewmen lost their lives. In August 2007, divers John Scoles and John Janzen removed the "Bradley's" bell and returned it to Rogers City, where it was restored. A memorial bell engraved with the names of the lost crew was placed back on the Bradley two days after the original bell was removed. The wreck site is located 160 degrees SE and 23 miles off shore from this point.
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Year Placed2014
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Date Added Monday, June 5th, 2017 at 9:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 559267 N 5088361
Decimal Degrees45.94626667, -86.23533333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 56.776', W 86° 14.12'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 56' 46.56" N, 86° 14' 7.2" W
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Area Code(s)906
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1967 US-2, Manistique MI 49854, US
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