&sq=&lang=&file=File:S.S._Puritan_(George_M._Cox).jpg) SS Puritan prior to World War I
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | SS Puritan |
| Builder | |
| Christened | SS Puritan |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Acquired | April 1918 (U.S. Navy) |
| Commissioned | 20 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1919 |
| Renamed | George M. Cox |
| Fate | Sunk 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Commercial steamship |
| Displacement | 1,762 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 40.5 ft (12.3 m) |
| Speed | 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph) |
GEORGE M. COX | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:George_M_CoxWreck.jpg) Diving the wreckage | |
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| Location | Near Rock of Ages Light, Isle Royale National Park Michigan[2] |
| Coordinates | 47°51.462′N 89°19.385′W / 47.857700°N 89.323083°W |
| Area | 206.6 acres (83.6 ha) |
| MPS | Shipwrecks of Isle Royale National Park TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001749[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 14 June 1984 |
USS Puritan, a civilian transport built by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Toledo, Ohio, was launched in 1901, and lengthened by 26 ft (7.9 m) in 1908. The ship sailed on the Great Lakes in passenger service, was purchased by the U.S. Navy at the end of the war, and returned to passenger service after the war. The ship sank in 1933 near Isle Royale in Lake Superior, and its wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
- ^ The wreck is listed as "address restricted", but Isle Royale National Park permits public dives and publishes the location of the wreck. Coordinate location is per "The Wrecks of Isle Royale". Black Dog Diving. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010.