[6] The wreck of the Wayne was discovered in September 2006, lying in 50 feet (15 m) of water about 8 miles (13 km) north of Vermilion, Ohio.

[3] On January 2, 2018, the wreck of the Wayne was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On January 12, 1850, the Wayne was crushed by ice and sank at the John Chester & Company dock in the Detroit River.

She left Sandusky, bound for Buffalo, New York, at midnight with 300 barrels of high-quality wine, whiskey, some cattles and horses, and about 40 additional passengers on board.

[13][14] At the time of the disaster, Captain E. C. Gore was blown out of his bed and was unhurt; he survived in a lifeboat with the ship's clerk, a fireman and two passengers.