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{{Short description|Steel ship sunk in Lake Huron}}
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| Ship caption = The ''Argus'' as the ''Lewis J. Woodruff,'' sometime prior to being renamed in 1913.
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| Ship country = United States
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| Ship name = SS ''Lewis J. Woodruff''
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| Ship builder = [[American Ship Building Company]], [[Lorain, Ohio|Lorain]],&nbsp;[[Ohio]]
| Ship yard number = 326
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| Ship launched = 5 August 1903
| Ship completed = 
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| Ship fate = Sank November 9, 10th, or 12th 1913
| Ship notes = 
| Ship renamed = ''Argus'', in 1913
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The '''SS ''Argus''''' was a steel-hulled [[Lake freighter|Great Lakes freighter]], that was constructed as the '''SS ''Lewis Woodruff''''' by the [[American Ship Building Company]], and was launched on 5 August 1903. Its original owner was the Gilchrist Transportation Company, based in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. In 1913, the ship was sold to the Interlake Steamship Company, and was renamed the ''Argus''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-02|title=Shipwreck Argus - Great Storm 1913|website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyyPYHkkWGk&t=56s}}</ref>

The ship was lost on [[Lake Huron]] on November 9, 1913 during the [[Great Lakes storm of 1913]]. Under the commander of captain Paul Dutch, the ''Argus'' headed north into Lake Huron, with a load of coal. A little over 13 miles north of [[Pointe Aux Barques Township, Michigan|Point Aux Barques]], the ship broke in two and sank with the loss of all 25 hands.<ref>{{cite web|title=NOAA|url=http://www.regions.noaa.gov/great-lakes/index.php/highlights-archive/centennial_anniversary_storm_of_1913/shipwrecks-damages-casualties/|access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Argus (+1913)|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159311|access-date=29 October 2020|publisher=Wrecksite}}</ref> The [[SS Hydrus|SS ''Hydrus'']], sister ship of the ''Argus'', was also lost in the storm.

Portions of the wreckage were found by a local doctor along the shoreline at [[Bayfield, Ontario]] in mid-November 1913.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Awful Marine Disaster on the Great Lakes |url= https://pubdocs.huroncounty.ca/weblink/3/doc/160063/Page1.aspx|work=The Signal |location=Goderich, Ontario |date=November 13, 1913 |access-date=April 19, 2018 }}</ref> The remains of the ship was discovered in 1972, by diver Dick Race. The wreck lies upside down, in about 250 feet of water.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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*[https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/57174/data?n=4 "Argus (Propeller), U200211, sunk, 9 Nov 1913." Maritime History of the Great Lakes.] Retrieved 04 January 2024.                                                   
*[https://greatlakeships.org/3720757/data?n=6 "Lewis Woodruff (1903, Bulk Freighter):Great Lakes Ships.]Retrieved 04 January 2024.

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