The “Clough,” a 125-foot-long bark, sank in September 1868 near Cleveland, with just one crew member surviving to explain what had happened The 125-foot-long Clough sank in September 1868. Jack Papes Experts in Ohio say they have identified the wreck of the Clough , a 125-foot-long ship that sank in Lake Erie more than 150 years ago. The discovery, announced in February, comes after years of searching by the Cleveland Underwater Explorers , a nonprofit made up of divers, historians and archaeologists, with support from the National Museum of the Great Lakes . Over the past decade, the group has covered 250 miles while using sidescan sonar to search the lakebed for signs of the wreck, reports Cleveland.com ’s Peter Krouse. In June 2024, two underwater explorers—David VanZandt and Chris Kraska—set out to explore a site that looked promising. The vessel sank while transporting a load of stone cargo. Jack Papes VanZandt, the group’s founder, director and chief archaeologist, died in a diving accident that day.…