TOLEDO, OH — Maritime history researchers have identified a Lake Erie shipwreck that was the site of a fatal 2024 dive as a stone-hauling vessel that sank in the 1860s named the Clough.
The National Museum of the Great Lakes and Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE) announced Wednesday, Feb. 18 that the wreck was positively identified following historical research and multiple site visits.
Museum officials said CLUE co-founder David VanZandt died June 1, 2024 while diving on the wreck during an expedition to study the site…