The Put-In-Bay burns on Oct. 3, 1953, after being towed out into Lake St. Clair and set on fire. It was done to make her easier to scrap.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

The Put-In-Bay burns on Oct. 3, 1953, after being towed out into Lake St. Clair and set on fire. It was done to make her easier to scrap.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

The Put-In-Bay burns on Oct. 3, 1953, after being towed out into Lake St. Clair and set on fire. It was done to make her easier to scrap.

Tony Spina photo via Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

All that was left of the Put-In-Bay after it was burned ahead of scrapping.

Tony Spina photo via Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

The Put-In-Bay is towed past the J.T. Wing on Belle Isle on its way to be burned in Lake St. Clair on Oct. 3, 1953.

Photo from the Marine Historical Society of Detroit