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Diving the Car Ferry Wisconsin

A video of a dive on the steamer ‘Wisconsin’ which foundered in heavy seas 1929 and now lies at 130 ft. seven miles southeast of Kenosha, Wisconsin. She still holds a couple automobiles from the period.

  1. girher
    June 16th, 2008 at 18:29 | #1
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    Was there any loss of life?

  2. shacklejack
    June 17th, 2008 at 19:06 | #2
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    Killa vid man.

  3. Himdarling44
    June 19th, 2008 at 00:09 | #3
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    Did she go down in the same storm that took the “Milwaukee”

  4. richiebravo
    June 19th, 2008 at 14:12 | #4
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    Good question. Actually the steamer “Wisconsin” went down on Nov, 29, 1929. 9 crew went down with the ship. Her captain died of exposure shortly after being rescued.

    The “S.S. Milwaukee” went down on October 22, 1929. She went to the bottom with all but 4 of her crew who managed to escape but later died of exposure. Their bodies were found a month or so later. I have video of this wreck also. I’ll try to post it soon.

  5. fd1836
    February 13th, 2009 at 06:03 | #5
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    The cars look like Ford model A

  6. MrKillerbaby
    June 2nd, 2009 at 23:02 | #6
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    wow how cold is the water i herd it is COLD

  7. richiebravo
    June 2nd, 2009 at 23:08 | #7
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    mid 40′s, something like that.

  8. MrJimbo008
    July 6th, 2009 at 16:31 | #8
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    Mid 40′s, thats nothing. I live in Alaska diving there can range from 28 oF to 40oF!

  9. MrKillerbaby
    July 12th, 2009 at 05:46 | #9
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    do you use a dry or wet suit?

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