SS Eastland

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| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = Michigan Steamship Company | Ship operator = | Ship route = South Haven, Michigan – Chicago, Illinois | Ship ordered = October 1902 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Jenks Ship Building Company | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = May 1903 by Francis Elizabeth Stufflebeam | Ship completed = | Ship maiden voyage = 16 July 1903 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship nickname = "Speed queen of the Great Lakes" | Ship honours = | Ship honors = * 1903 First Team All Boat * 1903 Boat of the Year | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold during 1905 to the Michigan Transportation Company | Ship notes = }}

| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = Michigan Transportation Company | Ship operator = Chicago-South Haven Line | Ship route = South Haven – Chicago route | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold 5 August 1906, to the Lake Shore Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio | Ship notes = }}

| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = Lake Shore Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio | Ship operator = | Ship route = Cleveland-Cedar Point route | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold during 1909 to the Eastland Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio | Ship notes = }}

| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = Eastland Navigation Company of Cleveland, Ohio | Ship operator = | Ship route = Cleveland-Cedar Point route | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Sold on 1 June 1914 to the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan. | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }}

| Ship namesake = | Ship owner = St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan | Ship operator = | Ship route = St. Joseph, Michigan, to Chicago route | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship fate = Raised after accident in October 1915 and sold at auction on 20 December 1915 to Captain Edward A. Evers, sold on 21 November 1917 to the Illinois Naval Reserve. | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }}

| Ship name = USS ''Wilmette'' | Ship namesake = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = 21 November 1917 | Ship commissioned = 20 September 1918 | Ship recommissioned = *29 June 1920 *9 April 1945 | Ship decommissioned = *9 July 1919 *15 February 1940 *28 November 1945 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = ''Wilmette'' on 20 February 1918 | Ship reclassified = *Gunboat 1918 *IX-29 on 17 February 1941 | Ship refit = | Ship struck = 19 December 1945 | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = * World War I Victory Medal *(with Atlantic Fleet clasp) * American Defense Medal *(with Fleet clasp) * American Campaign Medal * World War II Victory Medal | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold for scrap on 31 October 1946 to Hyman Michaels Company of Chicago and scrapped, scrapping completed in 1947 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }}

| Ship beam = | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = *Two triple expansion steam engines *Four Scotch marine boilers (coal fired) *1,750 shp | Ship propulsion = Two shafts | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = As ''Eastland'': 2,752 passengers | Ship troops = | Ship complement = As USS ''Wilmette'': 209 | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *As USS ''Wilmette'': *Four 4-inch guns *Two 3-inch guns *Two 1-pounder guns | Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = *Two funnels *Two masts }} |}

'''SS ''Eastland''''' was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

After the disaster, ''Eastland'' was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications, ''Eastland'' was designated a gunboat and renamed '''USS ''Wilmette'''''. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes, and was scrapped after World War II. Provided by Wikipedia