SS Novadoc was one of three Great Lakes freighters lost in the Armistice Day Storm of 11 November 1940.

[3] the steel-hulled Novadoc was just 250 feet (76 meters) in length, having been designed to navigate comfortably through the canals and locks of the lower Great Lakes.

Novadoc continued to be battered by the high wind and waves, eventually drawing a crowd to Juniper beach.

The United States Coast Guard personnel stationed in Pentwater determined that weather conditions were too severe to offer assistance to the grounded freighter.

[5][6] The fish tug's crew was able to rig a breeches buoy from the stricken freighter to the beach directly in front of the Silver Lake sand dunes.