Home(shipwreck)

History
United States
Name	Home
Builder	Redfield,Black River,Ohio
Completed	1843
Homeport	Chicago,Illinois
Fate	Sunk in collision October 17, 1858
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Length	84 feet 8 inches (25.8 m)
Beam	23 feet 8 inches (7.2 m)
Depth	7 feet 4 inches (2.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Two-mastedschoonerrig

HomeShipwreck (Schooner)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lake MichiganoffCenterville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°56′50″N87°33′17″W
NRHP referenceNo.	10001092
Added to NRHP	December 28, 2010

Sonarimage of the wreck ofHome,June 12, 2022.

Homewas a two-mastedschoonerwhich sank inLake MichiganoffCentervilleinManitowoc County,Wisconsin,United States,in 1858. In 2010 the shipwreck site was added to theNational Register of Historic Places.

History

Homewas built in 1843 by Redfield on theBlack RiverinOhio.The property of W. D. Winslow, Robert White, and Thomas Jones, ofChicago,Illinois,she was constructed to carrygrain,lumber,and general merchandise betweenLake Erieand the upperGreat Lakes.Hercaptain,James Nugent, was anabolitionistwho collaborated with theUnderground Railroad,and many of the merchants who shipped goods onHomealso opposedslavery,making it likely thatHomecontributed in some way to the Underground Railroad, although she was never caught withfugitive slavesaboard.

HomedepartedManitowoc,Wisconsin,on October 16, 1858, bound for Chicago with a cargo of merchandise, wood, andcedarposts, and sank inLake Michigansoutheast of Manitowoc after a collision in densefogand early-morning darkness with the schoonerWilliam Fiskeat 4:00 a.m. on October 17, 1858.The collision stove inHome′shulland toppled hermasts.The undamagedWilliam Fiskerescued her crew.

Wreck

Several newspapers gave an incorrect location for the collision, andHome′s wreck was not discovered until April 1981.It lies in 165 to 170 feet (50 to 52 m) of water about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of Manitowoc at43°56.932′N087°33.211′W.Added to theNational Register of Historic Placeson December 28, 2010,the shipwreck site was included within the boundaries of theWisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuarywhen it was created in 2021.

Homeis the second-oldest shipwreck in Wisconsin's waters, preceded only by the 1833 schoonerGallinipper,which sank in 1851.The wreck is upright and mostly intact, although thesterncabinis missing and thestarboardbowhas damage from the collision withWilliam Fiske.Home′sforemastalso is missing from the wreck: It was pulled to the surface incommercial fishingnets,and is on display at theRogers Street Fishing VillageinTwo Rivers,Wisconsin.