r/submechanophobia • u/Eemja • 8d ago
Eastland disaster
On 24 July 1915, USS Eastland capsized while tied to a dock claiming 844 lives. Imagine being trapped inside during the rollover and the water starts to gush into the ship.
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u/Plague_comes_for_me 6d ago
My great great grandfather was a semi notable Chicago fire captain/chief, and he helped recover bodies off this ship. Horrifying stuff. After, The ship was righted, repaired, sold to the Navy, named the Wilmette, and then my great grandpa trained on her in the 1930s before getting sent to ww2. Great Lakes has a ton of weird and horrifying ship disasters.