She escaped destruction in a severe 1919 storm that sank her longtime companion, the SS Myron, only to sink on the traditional day of bad luck, Friday the 13th in May 1921, with the loss of all hands.

The Zillah and Miztec carried bulk salt bound for Duluth, Minnesota and the empty Peshtigo was scheduled for drop off at Munising, Michigan.

[6][7] Ten miles (16 km) west of Whitefish Point, the fleet met the full brunt of the storm's heavy snow and near hurricane-force winds.

When the crew of the Vermilion Point Life-saving Station saw the Peshtigo's struggle, they launched two surfboats that were destroyed by the crashing sea.

The Peshigo's anchors finally caught hold about one-quarter mile (0.40 km) from shore and she and her crew survived the storm.

[7][11] While the Miztec survived the 1919 storm that took her partner, the Myron, her run of good fortune ended when she sank with the loss of all seven crewmembers on the traditional day of bad luck, Friday the 13th.

[6][7] Captain Neal, who was rescued near-death clinging to the pilothouse of the Myron in 1919, was serving as the Zillah's first mate when the Miztec sank in 1921.

The Coast Guard went to the wreck scene and buoyed the Miztec's spar that was protruding from shallow water with plans to dynamite her as a navigational hazard as she lay near the shipping lane, but they were unable to relocate her when they returned.

[15] Divers who visit the wreck sites are expected to observe preservation laws and "take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but bubbles.