Message #229950

[Athena Nike]

A view inside the hatch just aft of the tool house amidships

All of the Doty's 17-member crew, along with the ship's two cats were presumed lost at sea. However, Brendon Baillod, the president of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association, is hopeful that the crew's corpses might also be recovered, according to the Associated Press. Divers even found the ship's cargo of corn still in its hold.

Details as to why the Doty came to settle on the bottom of Lake Michigan are still murky, and there are no plans to recover the lost vessel.