all crew members were rescued, and an attempt to salvage the cargo resulted in only about 20% being saved. a storm on november 8 broke the freighter in two, and it sank. although another salvage operation was mounted later in 1918, nothing more was recovered from the wreck. the "congdon" is significant in that her wreck was the first on lake superior to be valued at over a million dollars, and was the largest loss up to that time in both dollar value and net tonnage.