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Can you name the following Great Lakes Shipwrecks?

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Date	Ship	Cause of shipwreck
August 11, 2001		Collision with bridge caused a fire and subsequent sinking in the Welland Canal
September 16, 1990		Exploded while unloading gasoline in Bay City, MI
January 21-22, 1978		Burned after adjacent Capitol #4 grain elevator caught fire in Duluth, MN
November 10, 1975		Sank during a storm approximately 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in eastern Lake Superior
November 21, 1974		Sank after being damaged in a grounding
June 5, 1972		Sank after collision with the Parker Evans near the Bluewater Bridge, Port Huron, MI
November 29, 1966		60-year old vessel broke apart in Lake Huron storm about 20 miles north of Harbor Beach, MI
May 7, 1965		Sank after collision with the Norwegian freighter Topdalsfjord near the Mackinac Bridge in dense fog

Date	Ship	Cause of shipwreck
September 5, 1964		Sank after a collision with the Greek freighter Apollonia in the St. Lawrence River
November 18, 1958		Sank after structural failure in a Lake Michigan storm approximately 12 miles southwest of Gull Island
May 11, 1953		Sank after waves flooded through caved-in hatches during a storm on Lake Superior
August 20, 1920		Sank after a collision with the Willis L. King in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior
November 6, 1918		Sank after running aground off of Isle Royale, Lake Superior in dense fog
July 24, 1915		Capsized in Chicago after being overloaded with passengers, killing 835
November 9, 1913		Capsized during the Great Storm of 1913 about 5 miles north of Port Huron, MI; crewmembers discovered wearing lifejackets from another ship, the Regina
November 28, 1905		Slammed into Duluth, MN breakwall during a storm and sank within 1000 feet of shore

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