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Built by West Bay City Ship Building Co. of West Bay City, MI as hull # 619. Launched on August 22, 1906 as DANIEL J. MORRELL for the Cambria Steamship Co. of Cleveland, OH.
Dimensions: 600’ loa x 58’ beam x 32’ depth; 7239 GRT, 5419 NRT. Powered by a 1,878 ihp triple expansion steam engine. Departed Bay City on September 24, 1906 on her maiden
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Daniel J. Morrell 1906 - 1926 (Cambria Steamship Co.) |
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Postcard view of the launch on August 22, 1906. |
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Another postcard view of the launch August 22, 1906. |
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Daniel Johnson Morrell (1821-1885), photo circa 1870. American iron merchant and politician in Johnstown, PA from 1837-65, with Cambria Iron Company
and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1866-1870. |
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Postcard view of Daniel J. Morrell and L.C. Hanna at Dock #10 at Ashtabula, OH. |
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Postcard view circa 1910. Detroit River with the J.W. Westcott Company preparing to deliver Mail-By-The-Pail via row boat as was done at the time. |
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Stern view showing her Cambria Steamship stack. New |
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Stuck in the ice on the St. Marys River. New |
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Closer view of the Morrell and Hebard. New |
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Another view of the beset fleet. New |
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Closer view of the Morrell and H. R. Hanna. New |
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Daniel J. Morrell 1927 - 1929 (Hanna Mining) |
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Upbound at Mission Point Coast Guard lookout station early in her career. |
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Colorized Detroit Publishing Postcard version of previous picture. Mission Point area of the St. Marys River is noted as Hay Lake Cut. |
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Very early postcard view with a double-high pilothouse in Hanna colors. |
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Daniel J. Morrell 1930 - 1966 (Bethlehem Transportation Co.) |
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At dock 1931, man standing on anchor. |
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Man standing on anchor 1931. |
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Man on deck looking aft 1931. |
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Man changing a sign just aft of the pilot house 1931. |
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On deck looking aft 1931. |
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Mending hatch tarps 1931. |
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Patching hatch tarps 1931. |
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Man with children 1931. |
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Sitting on a ladder on deck 1931. |
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Man standing on forward superstructure with double deck pilot house in background 1931. |
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Unknown ship passing 1931. |
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Daniel J. Morrell, 1936 Soo Canal. |
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Downbound and loaded. |
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Downbound August 12, 1941. |
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The Morrell over taking the William P. Cowan while the Col. James Pickands goes through the middle at Marine City, MI. New |
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Circa 1940's. |
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In the Soo Locks. |
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Loading at the Chicago & Northwestern Dock in Ashland, WI. Date unknown. |
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Downbound at Mission Point. |
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Downbound at Mission Point. |
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Passing downbound in the St. Mary's River. |
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Sailing in-ballast. |
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At the P&O Dock at Whiskey Island, Cleveland, OH. Mid 1950's. |
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At the P&O Dock at Whiskey Island, Cleveland, OH. Mid 1950's. |
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At Cleveland, OH. Mid 1950's. |
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At the Erie Dock on the back channel of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, OH. Mid 1950's. |
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In the St. Clair River 1957. |
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Upbound. |
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Sailing in ballast. |
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Under the Bluewater Bridge in the early 1960s. |
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Downbound at the Soo Locks, September 1961. |
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Upbound and light. |
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Sailing loaded, location unknown. |
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Upbound at Mission Point in ballast. |
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Sailing in ballast with coal smoke. |
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Upbound at Port Huron. |
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Upbound at Mission Point. |
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In the Detroit River with mailboat J. W. Westcott II alongside. |
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St. Clair River 1965. Note: Watchman Dennis Hale on watch at bow. |
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Zoomed in view of previous picture with Dennis Hale on watch. |
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Upbound in the St. Clair River 1965. |
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Stern view. It is not certain that this picture was actually taken in November 1966, but is was developed in November of '66. |
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Downbound on Lake Huron November 25, 1966 at 11:00am. |
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Downbound St. Clair River opposite the Pine River just below the St. Clair Inn on November 25, 1966 at 5:00pm. This is the last known photo for the
Daniel J. Morrell. |
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Waterline & full hull scale profile drawings of the Daniel J. Morrell. |
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Survivor Dennis Hale speaking at Welland Canal Gathering October 18, 2002. |
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Dennis Hale enjoying the Mission Point Picnic during Engineer's Weekend at the Soo, June 2006. |
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Dennis Hale signs a book for a customer at the Great Lakes Authorama, November 21, 2009 at the Great Lakes Maritime Center in Port Huron. Hale's wife, Barb, looks on. |
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Daniel J. Morrell life ring, located in the museum at the Point Aux Barques Lt. The Morrell went down off the point |
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Dennis Hale at Mission Point, Sault Ste. Marie with copies of his latest book "Shipwrecked" June 2010 - Engineer's Day weekend |
Masters and Chief Engineers of the Daniel J. Morrell (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Masters | Chief Engineers | ||
Unknown 1906 - 07 P.L. Millen 1908 - 17 Mathew A. Anderson 1917 P.L. Millen 1918-19 Bert M. Landfair 1920 - 31 Unknown 1932 - 35 Jere B. Sullivan 1936 - 37 Unknown 1938 - 39 Jere B. Sullivan 1940 - 45 William J. Colson 1946 - 50 |
George J. Brunelle 1951 J. Kenneth Pruder 1952 - 53 John Sagen 1954 George J. Brunelle 1955 John Sagen 1956 - 58 Edward Fitch Jr. 1959 - 60 Unknown 1961 - 63 Thomas J. Connelly 1964 William L. Hull 1964 - 66 Arthur J. :Red: Crawley 1966 |
Unknown 1906 - 07 Grant G. Donaldson 1908 James Balfour 1909 - 14 Patrick J. Ahern 1915 - 23 La Forest Benson 1924 - 31 Unknown 1932 - 35 La Forest Benson 1936 - 37 Unknown 1938 La Forest Benson 1939 |
Valentine "Val" Kraemer 1942 - 51 Raymond E. Wells 1952 - 54 Anthony Yokawonis 1955 Clifford L. Cheney 1956 Herbert A. Maas 1957 - 58 Henry Balcer 1959 - 60 Unknown 1961 - 63 Joseph F. Perrine 1964 - 65 John H. Schmidt 1966 |
Crew Roster of the Daniel J. Morrell November 29, 1966 | |||
Arthur J. Crawley | Captain | Valmour A. Marchildon | First Assistant Engineer |
John H. Schimdt | Chief Engineer | Alfred G. Norkunas | Second Assistant Engineer |
Phillip E. Kapets | First Mate | George A. Dahl | Third Assistant Engineer |
Duncan R. MacLeod | Second Mate | Wilson E. Simpson | Oiler |
Ernest G. Marcotte | Third Mate | Donald E. Worcester | Oiler |
Charles H. Fosbender | Wheelsman | Arthur S. Fargo | Fireman |
Henry Reischmiller | Wheelsman | Chester Konieczka | Fireman |
Stewart A. Campbell | Wheelsman | Leon R. Truman | Coalpasser |
Albert P. Whieme | Watchman | Saverio Grippi | Coalpasser |
Norman M. Bragg | Watchman | David L. Price | Coalpasser |
*Dennis N. Hale | Watchman | Stanley J. Satlawa | Steward |
Larry G. Davis | Deckwatch | Nicholas Homick | Second Cook |
John M. Groh | Deckwatch | Joseph A. Mahsem | Porter |
Arthur E. Stojek | Deckhand | Charles J. Sestakauskas | Porter |
John J. Cleary Jr. | Deckhand | *Denotes Survivor |
DEATH OF THE S. S. DANIEL MORRELL {with 28 of her 29 man crew} They slipped an Erie harbor in the silent night With no thought of danger under bright moonlight The S.S. Morrell set her course on the inland seas Bearing up heavy in a cold rising breeze As she steamed 'full ahead' toward a fatal scene, On Huron's deeps, a nor'wester raged over her beams God save our ship were the belated pleas To the hand who stilled a storm on old Galilee, Hurricane blasts wrecked her pilot house on the bow A 29 man crew 'stood alert' in dark terror now Caught in low trenches, then heaved up 20 foot waves The hull split Morrell sank, with 28 men to her grave! © Harry J. Dean {the sole survivor, Dennis Hale of Ashtabula, Ohio} |
This Historical Perspective Gallery is dedicated to the brave men who sailed on the final voyage the Daniel J. Morrell
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