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The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

When MPR News published and broadcast the news Wednesday that the wreck of the freighter Henry Steinbrenner had been found in Lake Superior, it reached the great-niece of a man who died when the ship sank in 1953. “It closes the circle,” she said.

The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

The wreck of the Henry Steinbrenner was found earlier this month in 750 feet of water by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck-hunters

Seventy years after sinking with the loss of more than half its crew in a Lake Superior storm, the freighter Henry Steinbrenner was found this month by a pair of Minnesota shipwreck hunters. With the discovery, a tale of tragedy, survival and heroism on the big lake once lost to time and fading memories is resurrected.

After a two-year search, maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Bob Jaeck say they’ve found the “perfectly intact” Trinidad wreck off the coast of Wisconsin.

The wreck of the schooner Trinidad, located at a depth of 82m in Lake Michigan, has been described as a significant discovery – and one of the best-preserved