SS Edward Y. Townsend
SS "Edward Y. Townsend" (official number 203449) was a American Great Lakes freighter that served on the Great Lakes. She was primarily used to haul bulk cargoes such as iron ore, coal, grain and occasionally limestone. She was in service from her launching in 1906 to her sinking in 1968. She is best known for sinking on the way to the scrapper, near , off the coast of Newfoundland. History. "Edward Y. Townsend" was built in 1906 by the Superior Shipbuilding Company, of Superior, Wisconsin, for the Cambria Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio. She was the longest  vessel at the time of her launch, therefore she was given the title 'Queen of the Lakes'. She began service in September 1906. On April 26, 1909, "Edward Y. Townsend" collided with the steamer "Philip Minch" off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior sustaining minor damage. Low water levels on February 1 through February 6, 1926, caused "Edward Y. Townsend" to run aground near Buffalo, New York. SS "Daniel J. Morrell". Even though "Edward Y. Townsend" was built by a different shipbuilding company than they were considered sister ships, because they were virtually identical. On November 29, 1966 "Edward Y. Townsend" suffered  a crack in her hull while traveling on Northern Lake Huron (in the same storm that sank "Daniel J. Morrell"). She was deemed unseaworthy, and laid up in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for two years. Sinking. In 1968 she was sold to the Sea-Land Service Inc. for sale in the US Maritime Commission on vessels in the reserve fleet. She was later resold to a Spanish scrapyard. On September 15, 1968, "Edward Y. Townsend" passed down Port Colborne, Ontario in tow of the tugboats "James Battle" and "Salvage Monarch". On October 1, 1968, she cleared Quebec with the steamer  Dolomite, towed by the tug "Hudson". She broke free on October 7 in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean and sank about southeast of Newfoundland.