Response Team Identifies Part of the Mystery Cargo On Board Sunken Barge in Lake Erie

November 2015 News GLB Admin
By Rebecca Williams, Michigan Radio The Coast Guard has been responding to a leaky shipwreck on the bottom of western Lake Erie. The shipwreck is believed to be the Argo. It’s a tank barge that sank in 1937 and it’s considered the biggest pollution threat from a shipwreck in the Great Lakes. That’s because it was reported to be carrying about 200,000 gallons of petroleum products when it sank. Read the full story here.
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