Built in 1892 at West Bay City, Michigan, by James Davidson as the City of Naples and renamed the Frank O'Connor in 1916, this wooden bulk carrier pushed wooden ship construction past 300 feet. Heavily braced with iron and steel and driven by a triple-expansion steam engine, she carried grain, coal, and iron ore and served on the Great Lakes for 27 years. On September 29, 1919, she left Buffalo for Milwaukee with 3000 tons of coal. Fire broke out on the afternoon of October 2, and although the captain headed for shore, the blaze destroyed the steering gear about an hour later. The crew escaped by lifeboat, and the helpless vessel burned into the night before sinking about two miles from Cana Island. The cause of the fire remains unknown, though suspicion centered on a discarded match or cigarette butt. Her lower hull survives largely intact in 65 feet of water, preserving the iron and steel strapping, multiple floor keelsons, heavy ceiling planking, chain locker contents, machinery in the stern, and coal scattered during salvage attempts.