Photo: Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association
A group of citizen scientists in Wisconsin found the final resting place of a 'ghost ship' that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago. The discovery of the downed schooner, dubbed F.J. King, was announced on Monday by the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association (WUAA). The 144-foot-long wooden vessel, described as "one of the most highly sought lost ships on Lake Michigan," sank during a storm on September 15th, 1886. The F.J. King had become something of a white whale for wreck hunters over the years, as commercial fishermen often reported pulling pieces of the boat from the water, but searches of those retrieval areas found no sign of the craft until a remarkable turn of events earlier this summer.
More on this fascinating story at the Coast to Coast AM website.