Unknown Search on for missing wreck diver - Lake Michigan

[DandyDon]

Large-scale effort to find missing scuba diver on Lake Michigan underway​

PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (WFRV) – Several agencies in southeast Wisconsin are working together to locate and recover a missing scuba diver in Lake Michigan.

According to a release, at around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the US Coast Guard received a report from a vessel on Lake Michigan that a scuba diver had yet to return to the surface and needed assistance.

A diver was reportedly exploring an old shipwreck about six miles off Pleasant Prairie’s coastline in water more than 100 feet deep.

Search and recovery efforts were underway at the time of this article’s publication. An update is expected in the future. No additional details were provided.

 

[Johnoly]

an old shipwreck about six miles off Pleasant Prairie’s coastline in water more than 100 feet deep.

Pleasant Prairie is right next to Kenosha. I wonder if this is the SS L.R. Doty wreck site. If it is then the article is hiding that it's a 300 foot extremely deep dive. That's where the Husband & wife were lost together on a 2019 tech dive. { tagging @Marie13 }

ScubaBoard 2019 link with detail

One dead, one missing (since found), 300 foot dive - Lake Michigan

British diver breaks rebreather World Record for depth – to 290m The world record for CCR diving is 290m depth. Took William Goodman 9 minutes to reach 290m or 32.2 m/min (105.7 ft/min) descent rate. A total time of 9 hours and 57 minutes to bounce dive to > 290m (his gauge maxed out at 290m...

scubaboard.com

 

[DandyDon]

I wonder if this is the SS L.R. Doty wreck site. If it is then the article is hiding that it's a 300 foot extremely deep dive.

None of the several articles said. This one did say.,,

A diver was reportedly exploring an old shipwreck about six miles off Pleasant Prairie’s coastline in water more than 100 feet deep.

 

[Marie13]

None of the several articles said. This one did say.,,

The Doty is off Milwaukee and is about 300ft deep.

Here's an article from WGN TV here in Chicago. It mentions the Wisconsin, which is about 130ft to the bottom. Not sure if that's the wreck, but someone did their homework.

https://wgntv.com/news/wisconsin/di...n-shipwreck-off-coast-in-southeast-wisconsin/

Here's more info on the Wisconsin from an excellent wreck database run by the WI Historical Society.

Wisconsin (1881) - WI Shipwrecks

 

[heavierthanlead]

Large-scale effort to find missing scuba diver on Lake Michigan underway​

100'? Pleasant Prairie? Sounds like SS Wisconsin, a steamer that went down in 1929.

 

[heavierthanlead]

SS Wisconsin - Wikipedia

 

[Marie13]

100'? Pleasant Prairie? Sounds like SS Wisconsin, a steamer that went down in 1929.

In the post right above you is a link to a WGN story that mentions the Wisconsin.

 

[ScubaAl]

The Doty is a long boat ride.

 

[DandyDon]

Pleasant Prairie

And Kenosa are the closest cities to the incident.

The Doty is off Milwaukee

An

 

[Marie13]

And Kenosa are the closest cities to the incident.

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Kenosha and PP are just over the border from IL.