©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
K
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KAGAWONG - See EASTNOR
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KAKABEKA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C92611
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, fishing tug
Build info :
1885, Toronto
Specs :
68x18x7, 113gc 73nc
Date of loss :
1895, Dec 12
Place of loss :
Silver Islet, near Port Arthur, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none [nobody aboard]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Struck by a gale, she broke
away from her winter moorings and drifted out into the lake. A change of wind
then drove her back on shore near where she started. She was salvagable at
first, but she broke up in heavy waves the 16th while salvagers were enroute.
Registered out of Winnipeg, Alta.
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,h,csv,lss,win,hgl
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KALAMAZOO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14474
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger and package freight
Build info :
1888, Martel, Saugatuck, MI
Specs :
116x24x9, 289gt 244nt
Date of loss :
1892, May 25
Place of loss : on
a line Chicago-Saugatuck
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : She collided with the steamer
PILGRIM at night in a passing error while bound Holland for Chicago. The
passengers and crew of KALAMAZOO boarded
PILGRIM, which took the former in tow. While the pumps worked to keep her
afloat, the boat slowly sank, finally going down while still well out in the
lake, 6 hrs after the collision. The wreck occurred in foggy conditions. The
PILGRIM, which was found to be at fault in the collision, was turned over to
the owners of the KALAMAZOO as payment for the loss. Master: Capt. Cummings.
Owner: Griffiths, Henry, Cummings and Nees, Saugatuck.
Sources :
mv,lmdc,ssa,nsp,wb,hgl,mpl
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KALIYUGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
164458
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs :
270x40x21 1941g 1581n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : last seen off Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
17 [all]
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Went missing in the "Great
Gale of 1905." A "ghost ship", it is said that she can be seen
slipping through the fog around Thunder Bay and that her whistle can be heard
blowing distress signals above the breakers on stormy nights - signals that
will never be answered. Some bodies later recovered showed that at least part
of the crew had abandoned ship. Owned by
St. Clair Steamship Co. (J.H. Sheadle, prop.). Master: Capt. F. L. Tomkin(d).
Sources :
(nsp),eas,slh,gs,stb,mol,sol,ns1,h,lhdc,mpl
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KALKASKA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
164429
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight sandsucker
Build info :
1884, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI
Specs :
178x34x16 380g 555n
Date of loss :
1932, Sep 15*
Place of loss : off
Marine City, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Did not
sink, but her remains were suitable only for scrapping. Homeport: Marine City -
owned by Pierce McLouth.
*date also given as Oct 10
Sources :
eas,ns4,h,mv,mpl
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KALOOLAH
Other names :
maybe named COLLINGWOOD, 1855-57
Official no. : C33525
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & freight
Build info :
1852, Jones or Bidwell and Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
188x25x10, 621gc 532nc
Date of loss :
1862, Aug 22
Place of loss :
mouth of the Saugeen R., near Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale
and broke up on the beach a few days later. She had been attempting to render
aid to the bark SIRCHARLES NAPIER, which had gone ashore the 16th. Owned by
Vanevery and Rumball of Goderich.
A Canadian vessel
by fall, 1853
Her engine was
from the steamer LEXINGTON (1838-52) and before that the steamer UNCLE SAM
(1832-37)
Build info also
seen as 1858, J. McGregor,Detroit, but just rebuilt there
Sources :
eas,is(3-67),mmgl,slh,lhdc,csv,hgl,nsp,rnc
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KAMINISTIQUIA - See also
BUTCHER’S MAID
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KAMINISTIQUIA
Other names :
built as the steamer IMPERIAL, renamed in 1906
Official no. : C90571
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1886, Redway, Toronto
Specs :
109x22 106g 79n
Date of loss :
1910, Aug 21
Place of loss :
Port Arthur, Ont., near Kaministiquia R.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to the waterline.
She was rebuilt
after a destructive fire near the same spot
in 1906.
Rebuilt in 1894,
1906. Original tonnage: 245.
Sources :
mmgl,is,csv,lss,win,mpl
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KAMLOOPS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C147682
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, package freight "canaller"
Build info :
1924, Furness Ship Building,
Haverton Hill [Tees Estuary], England
hull# 68
Specs :
250x43 2402 t.
Date of loss :
1927, Dec 7
Place of loss : off
Twelve O'Clock Point, Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
22 [all]
Carrying :
general merch
Detail : Went missing in tremendous
gale, probably capsized from the weight of ice in her superstructure. Little information or wreckage was found
until the wreck was discovered in 1977
in 175-280' of water. She has claimed at least one diver since. Bound Montreal
for Ft. William.
Bodies of part of
her crew were found on Amygdaloid I. the next spring, sitting around a fire
site. They had been chewed, apparently by wolves.
Sources :
mmgl,is,irs,lol,gs,h,gsgl,win,mpl,rf
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KANSAS
Other names : built as propeller CHAMPLAIN(qv), renamed CITY
OF CHARLEVOIX('88), this name in 1904
Official no. :
5848
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1870, A.C. Keating, Cleveland (location also given as Ogdensburg, NY)
Specs :
185x33x12, 835g 588n
Date of loss :
1924, Oct 27
Place of loss :
Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
2 other major
fires before this one
Some sources say
she was built in 1884
Lengthened 30 feet
in 1888 after a major fire in June of 1887 and 20 more feet in 1894
Sources :
mv,eas,sol,ns3
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E. KANTER
Other names :
none also seen as EDWARD KANTER,
ELLEN KANTER
Official no. :
8105
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1862, McDole & Lester, Newport [Marine City] as a schooner
Specs :
133x27x11, 272g 245n
Date of loss :
1872, Nov 26
Place of loss : 2
mi from Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
463 t. RR iron
Detail :
Bound Buffalo for Chicago, she was driven ashore by a gale, she was
stripped before she broke up a few days later. Owner: Tremaine and Weeks,
Detroit. Her valuable cargo was recovered the following May.
She was named for
a popular Detroit ship-chandler.
Sources :
hmc,sb,phr,hgl,rsl,nsp
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R. KANTERS
Other names :
built as schooner CITY OF WOODSTOCK renamed in 1882
Official no. :
125223
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1873, Christianson, Manitowoc
Specs :
113x26x8 165g 156n
Date of loss : 1903,
Sep 7
Place of loss : above
Manistique, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was blown ashore in a gale, stranding
about 7 miles south of Manistique. Being quite advanced in age and lying in an
exposed position on a rocky bottom, she was left to break up in place. Master
and owner: Capt. Peter Blake.
In October of 1901
Capt. Blake and a 16-year old boy sailed her 500 miles through rugged fall
weather after her crew went on strike.
She went ashore on
the S side of Pilot Island in late May of 1896, later slipped off into deeper water. Stripped and abandoned
June 2, she was declared a ttoal loss and abandoned to her underwriters, but
was later recovered by Leathem and Smith Towing & Wrecking. She had come
back into the hands of Capt. Blake by 1901
Rebuilt 1883
Sources :
nsp,h,mv,hgl,wgts
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KASOTA
Other names :
rebuilt as steamer A.A. PARKER(qv)
Official no. :
14428
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1884, T. Quayle & Sons, Cleveland
Specs :
247x38x21 1661g 1274n
Date of loss :
1890, Jul 17
Place of loss : off
Ecorse, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Rammed and sunk by the
sidewheel passenger steamer CITY OF DETROIT II, which had nearly 1,000
excursionists aboard, when the latter's steering gear broke. Though she sank
quickly with the steamer resting right on top of her, the steward's mother, who
was a passenger taking the trip for her health,
was the only casualty. Master:
Capt. F. A. Fisk. Owner: Webb & Goulder, et. al, Cleveland. KASOTA was a
serious obstruction in the Detroit R. until being raised in September of 1891
by tying 134 wooden casks to her and filling them with air. Rebuilt as above.
Sources :
is,h,ns1,nsp,mpl,usls,es
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KATAHDIN -
former entry (1862) removed pending further information
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KATAHDIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C92290
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1888, J. Simpson, Owen Sound Ont.
Specs :
150x31x11, 381g 381n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 20
Place of loss :
near Southampton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
Lumber
Detail : Bound Parry Sound for Sarnia,
she was wrecked by a gale and probably driven ashore. Reid Wrecking sent a tug
to save her, but she broke up first. Hailed from Sarnia.
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,slh,mpl
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KATE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C117034
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1889, Bay Mills, MI as a yacht
US#164483
Specs :
63x16x6, 63g 30n
Date of loss :
1911, Apr 25 (1910 also given)
Place of loss :
Mark's Bay, St. Mary's R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Out of Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont., owned by Joseph Ganley
Sold Canadian
1906.
Sources :
win,mmgl,mv,hgl,mpl
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KATHLEEN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C90574
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1886, Toronto
Specs :
84x18 100gc 75nc
Date of loss :
1918, Mar 12
Place of loss :
Toronto Bay
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned in the harbor, in the
same fire as destroyed ISLAND QUEEN(qv).
Out of Toronto.
Sources :
mmgl,csv,win
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RAE KAWAY - See ROCKAWAY
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EDWARD D. KEANE - See LITTLE WISSAHICKON
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KEARSARGE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14042
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1864, J. Oades, Clayton, NY
Specs :
154 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 12
Place of loss : off
Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fog/storm
Loss of life :
none of 7
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
This schooner went on a reef three miles offshore in fog. The captain
came ashore to procure a tug to remove her, but before this could be
accomplished a storm blew up. The schooner’s outfit was removed before she
capsized. She was towed upside-down to Milwaukee where she was abandoned on the
beach to break up. Out of Chicago
Sources :
mv,usls,nsp,hr
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A.C. KEATING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
105346
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1874, A. Turner, Trenton, MI
Specs :
138x26x11 326g 310n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 8
Place of loss :
Coppermine Point, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pulpwood
Detail : Her tow steamer CITY OF NEW
YORK developed engine trouble in a storm and left her at anchor with 2 other
barges. Slipped her hold on the bottom and was driven on a rocky shore 25 miles
above Whitefish Point, where she broke up. Owned out of Port Huron by T. Curry
or Currie. Master: Capt. H. Sheffler.
Tow steamer also
given as steamer J. H. OUTHWAITE.
Sources :
is(1-71),lssc,is,gwgl,nsp,lss,phr
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T. KEDDLE - See JOHN LEE, Sr.
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KEEFER
Other names :
also seen as KOEFER, J. C. KEEFER
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1830, Oakville, Ont
Specs :
110 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Nov 3
Place of loss : at
Erie, Pa.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
In Erie harbor, she drove on the reef near the south pier and bilged.
She was soon pounded to pieces. She had just set sail for Toronto.
Rebuilt at Port
Dalhousie n 1846
Sources :
hgl,wmn,nsp,hr,wl
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KEENAN - See WINNANNA
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KEEPSAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
47059
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Arnold, Newport [Marine City], MI
Specs :
133x29x11 287g 273n
Date of loss :
1898, Sep 18
Place of loss : off
Ashtabula
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying :
509 t. coal
Detail : She became disabled and
foundered in a storm about 3 am while outbound from Ashtabula. The passenger
steamer CITY OF ERIE happened upon the scene just as she was going down. With
the help of the steamer's big searchlight,
the schooner's crew was able to make its way to her in the yawl boat.
Her masts and rigging were later found floating 6 mi N of Ashtabula, OH, but
the exact position of the hull [given as "about 50 miles W of Cleveland]
was never determined. Owned by Capt. J. C. Miller, Marine City.
Also foundered on
L. Huron, 1885.
Rebuilt 1882
Sources :
ledc,phr,hgl,jb,nsp
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KEEPSAKE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C80573
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood,
Build info :
1880, W. Miller, River Puce, Ont.
Specs :
73x20x4, 45gc 45nc
Date of loss :
1911, Aug 12
Place of loss : off
W tip of Middle Isl.[do2]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Bound Pelee Island for Cedar Point, she wrecked on Gull Island Reef.
Marblehead Lifesavers rescued her crew.
Last owner, Henry
Fleury of Belle River, Ont.
Reg. shows loss
date as Jul, 1912, "Gull Isl. Reef"
Sources :
do2,mmgl,h,mv,ledc,mpl,ski
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IDA KEITH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
100110
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, W.G. Keith, Saugatuck, MI
Specs :
163x31x13 490g 465n
Date of loss :
1922, Jul 17
Place of loss :
Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Partially burned at her dock at
Sandusky in January. While her owners were deciding what to do with the 49-year
old ship, another dockside fire finished her off. There was some speculation
that both fires were arson.
A persistent
vessel, she was abandoned by her owners as a total loss after wrecks in 1879
and 1894
Major repairs in
1880 and 1881
Sources :
eas,ns3,mv,usls,mpl
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WILLIAM G. KEITH
Other names :
often seen as W. G. KEITH
Official no. :
80082
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, A. Muir, Port Huron, MI
Specs :
124x26x9 211g
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 30
Place of loss : 1/2
mi off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(1)
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore by gale and
wrecked, total loss, in her 2nd year of operation. The tug RESCUE attempted to
recover her, but was unsuccessful.
Registered to W.G.
Keith of Chicago.
Sources :
is,h,ledc,nsp,win
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JOHN KELDERHOUSE - See SACHEM
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WILLIE KELLER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
80315
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1871, Hanson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
134x24x9, 236g 224n
Date of loss :
1888, Jun 15
Place of loss : SW
of Big Sable Point, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound for Midland, Ont., she
sank following a collision with the propeller ROBERT MILLS. MILLS was determined
to be at fault, but KELLER's crew had a hard time collecting for their $ 700 in
lost effects in the face of MILLS wealthy owners.
Broke her back in
a stranding on the Detroit R. in Sep, 1877. Sunk at Port Colborne, Ont., in
July, 1885.
Major repair in
1880
Sources :
mv,slh,nsp,hgl,osdo,es
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KELLEY ISLAND
Other names :
none
Official no. :
212301
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, sandsucker,
Build info :
1914, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH
hull# 711
Specs :
180x38x16 683gt 382nt
Date of loss :
1925, May 2
Place of loss : off
Point Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : stowing error
Loss of life : 9
Carrying :
sand
Detail : Capsized and sank due to error
in stowing her sandsucking equipment, leaving a large open port in her side.
The vessel filled through the hole, capsized and sank. Later recovered.
Modified to a
self-unloader in 1936.
Reduced to steel
derrick barge OHIO in 1961. Later J.B. II.
Sources :
s,sol,le,a&f
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A.T. KELLEY - See JOHN LEE,
Sr.
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EDWARD KELLEY
Other names :
none also seen as EDWARD KELLY
Official no. :
8997
Type at loss : schooner-barge,
wood, 3-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1874, Leighton & Dunford, Port Huron, as a schooner
Specs :
188x35x14 776g 738n
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 25 (also given as Oct 25)
Place of loss :
lake side of E breakwall at Port Colborne,Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Parted her towline in a gale
and driven on the breakwall. She broke up in place soon after.
Registered out of
Erie, PA
Sources :
eas,ns2,h,win,mpl
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WILLIAM KELLEY
Other names : ? also seen spelled WILLIAM KELLY
Official no. :
26235
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1859, D. Lester, Newport, MI
Specs :
147 nt
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 30
Place of loss :
near Windmill Point, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
oak and black walnut lumber
Detail :
Bound Sandusky for Buffalo, she
broke up and went down in a gale. Her crew took to the rigging as she sank, but
were lost. Two days later her stern washed up on Point Abino.
Homeport:Cleveland, owned by J McCarty. Master: Capt. James Kelly(d).
Lengthened in 1864
Sources :
nsp,h,hgl,rsl
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KELLOGG
Other names :
previously named A. R. KELLOGG,
the "A. R. " was dropped about 1899
Official no. :
162599*
Type at loss :
unrigged stone scow
Build info :
1882, Thos. Thompson, Ludington, Mich
Specs :
162x36x12, 489g
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 8
Place of loss : 12
mi NW of Little Sable Point, Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Tow of the tug LEATHAM SMITH, she had just accidentally dumped her cargo
off Ludington as the result of a gale when she foundered. Her two crewmen were
saved from the violent lake when one of them was able to attract the tug's
attention by whistling. Owner: Thomas H. Smith, Sturgeon Bay. The hulk was
later seen floating with her decks awash and was searched for by the cutter
TUSCARORA, which later found and towed her to Muskegon, but she was never
returned to service. The carferry PERE MARQUETTE 18(qv) foundered nearby in the
same storm.
Beached and
abandoned near Chicago about 1898, but drifted out into the lakes by herself
and became a serious hazard to shipping. She was given a major rebuild at
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. after being recovered by the tug MORFORD.
*Formerly
US#31017. She was inexplicably given the new number in 1905
Sources :
eas,mv,wmn,bb,nsp,hr
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A.T. KELLY
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85705
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood "river tug"
Build info :
1884, W. McDonnell, Wallaceburg (builder also given as John Lee)
Specs :
56x14x7, 39gc 26nc
Date of loss :
1885, Nov 14
Place of loss : at
dock at Harsen's Isl.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Drifted
3/4 mile downstream and burned out on the Canadian shore. Owner: Capt. Kelly
and probably sailed by him. The KELLY’s hull was later recovered and totally
rebuilt to T. KEDDLE* [see JOHN LEE, Sr.]
*One of the
most-apt names I can think of for a small steam tug.
Registered out of
Wallaceburg
Sources :
mmgl,h,nsp,win,hgl,st
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KATE KELLY
Other names :
also seen as KATE KELLEY
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1859, John Davies, Port Rowan, Ont.
Specs :
75x17x6, 73 gc 69nc
Date of loss :
1868, Oct (30)
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
Detail :
Driven ashore and a total loss in a gale. Out of Port Dover or
Port Ryerse, Ont.
At first reported
as the schooner of the same name.
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,rsl,jm
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KATE KELLY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14031
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, J. Martel, Tonawanda, NY
Specs :
126x26x10 257g 214n
Date of loss :
1895, May 14
Place of loss : off
Wind Point Light, near Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
RR ties
Detail : Bound Sheboygan for Chicago,
she capsized and foundered in equinoctial gale. Her crewmen died in the
rigging. The wreck removed in October of the same year. Owned and mastered by
Capt. H.J. Hatch(d) of Chicago.
Major repair in
1869-70 after stranding in the Straits of Mackinac in November of 1869.
Suffered a
near-fatal stranding at Oswego Sep 27, 1875. Rebuilt 1875-6 by Goble &
McFarlane.
Sources :
nsp,h,lmdc,mv,wb,hgl,osdo,mpl,rp,usls,es
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KENOSHA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, Peck & Masters or DeGrote, Cleveland
Specs :
377 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 19
Place of loss : 7
mi NW of Thunder Bay Island lighthouse
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 11
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Chicago, her homeport, she was caught in a full
gale/blizzard and driven ashore, where she reportedly was broken in half and
dismasted by heavy seas. The crew made it to shore on a raft made from several
of her spars. Her cargo was removed the following spring with lighters, and the
vessel herself was finally brought in for an entire rebuild in June. Owned by
Capt. B. Shepard, Chicago. Master: Capt. William Kelly.
Also wrecked at
Chicago the previous year.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,rnc
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KENOSHA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, package & bulk freight
Build info :
1856, Luther Moses, Cleveland
Specs :
195x28x13, 645 t.
Date of loss :
1864, Oct 26
Place of loss : at a
Sarnia, Ont. dock
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
molasses, sugar, etc
Detail : Caught fire from a burst or
broken engineroom lantern, at her dock. After she burned through her hawsers
she drifted down the river, imperiling many boats and docks before she finally
sank a few miles downstream. Property of E.B. Ward of Detroit. Hull resurrected
and rebuilt as a barge the next year. [US#47013]
Damaged in a
boiler explosion at Sheboygan in June of 1860. As many as nine lives were lost.
Sources :
eas,is(4-58),slh,is,lhl,nsp,hgl,st,rsl,wmn,jm,af
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KENOSHA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
222887
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1919, Universal Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI as large tug hull #122
Specs :
143x30x18, 763g 519n
Date of loss :
1935, Dec 5
Place of loss : at
her layup dock at Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Had just been tied up for the
winter when she caught fire and was gutted, a constructive total loss.
Sister of str
WAUKEGAN (qv).
Built as a Corps
of Engineers tug, but never used as such
[not needed after WWI ended]. Converted to a small passenger steamer and
given this name in 1920. Rebuilt 1930.
Sources :
ns4,rkr,mv,mpl
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KENT
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1839, Chatham, Ont
Specs :
122 ft., 180 t.
Date of loss :
1845, Aug 12
Place of loss : off
the tip of Long Point*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
10 of 87
Carrying :
gen merch
Detail : She collided with the steamer
LONDON (qv, 1858) while rounding Long Pt. and sank quickly. Foundered in 12
fathoms of water, 10 miles from land. Master: Capt. Laing.
*Location also
given as off Point Pelee
Owners of KENT
sued, stating that LONDON violated the light law. This was the first court test
of the “rules of the road” law, passed in 1837.
They won, but the decision was overturned when it was found that KENT
had violated the rules of the road as well.
Sources :
eas,is(3-60),is,sol,h,ledc,csv,hgl,mmgl,net,mpl
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HELEN KENT
Other names : none
Official No. : 11148
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Port Huron, Mich*
Specs : 104x20x8,
114 g [142 t. om]
Date of loss : 1867, Apr [3rd week]
Place of loss : Brown's Pier
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : [none]
Carrying : ?
Detail : She went ashore and became a total loss. Out
of Chicago, probably owned by F. Simmons.
Still registered in 1869 mv, but this may just be a failure to
register her loss.
*MAY be rebuild of 1844 HELEN KENT built at Irving, NY.
Sources : nsp,rsl,hgl,hr,wmhs,mmo
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HENRY A. KENT
Other names :
often seen as H.A. KENT
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1850, F.W. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
162x25x4, 442 t.
Date of loss :
1854, May 19
Place of loss : off
Port Colborne, Ont.*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
300 t. misc. merchandise
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Milwaukee and
Chicago and well offshore when she caught fire in the cargo hold about 4 pm and
was quickly destroyed. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and reached the Canadian
shore. She was a $100,000 loss, one of the largest to that time.
Owned by J.C.
Evans of Buffalo and Hubby, Huges & Co. of Cleveland. Master: Capt.
Herrick.
*location also
given as Gravelly Bay
Sources :
lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,eas
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HENRY A. KENT
Other names :
none
Official no. : 95223
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Jones, Detroit
Specs :
195x36x14 772g 733n
Date of loss :
1897, Sep 16
Place of loss :
near Stannard Light
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
1,674 t. iron ore
Detail : She was driven down and
foundered in a gale while bound Ashland, Wis., for Lake Erie. Her crew was
rescued with difficulty just before she went down, by her tow steamer J.C.
GILCHRIST, which pulled up alongside in the gale and passed the crew and rhe
captain’s two children over on ropes. Master: Capt. Sullivan. Owner: J. C.
Gilchrist, Cleveland. Newspapers later said the fact that she was grossly
overloaded was the reason for her loss.
Famous photo shows
she and fellow barge MOONLIGHT high and dry near Marquette in an 1895 accident
(see CHARLES J. KERSHAW).
major repair, 1883
Sources :
gwgl,lss,sol,h,mv,wb,hgl,nsp
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KENTUCKY
Other names :
also seen as KENTUCKIAN, later renamed SARAH JANE (see below)
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, A. Wilcox, Three Mile Bay, NY
Specs :
80x20x8, 110 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Sep 27 or 8
Place of loss :
near Presqu’isle, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked in a
gale with the loss of all hands. Recovered by Camadians and rebuilt by Quick at
Presque Isle as SARAH JANE. Operated until at least 1873.
Rebuilt at Maumee,
Oh, in 1848
Sources :
tel,gs,hgl,rp,wmn,wl
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D.G. KERR - See HARRY R. JONES
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CHARLES J. KERSHAW
Other names :
none often seen as C.J. KERSHAW
Official no. :
125251
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1874, T. Boston, Bangor [W. Bay City], MI
Specs :
223x37x20, 1324g 1109n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 29
Place of loss : off
Chocolay Reef, near Marquette, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 13
Carrying :
?
Detail : Bound for Marquette, she burst
a steam pipe in a gale and drifted into the reef, where she was pounded to
pieces. Total loss. Her two barges, HENRY A. KENT and MOONLIGHT went up on the
beach so high that one could walk around them without getting one's feet wet.
Both were recovered the next year. U.S. Lifesavers took KERSHAW’s crew off.
Owner: Capt. William S. Mack, Cleveland.
See also OHIO
(1894 loss)
An earlier C.J.
KERSHAW, a bark built in 1857, was the 2nd vessel to take a cargo [staves]
direct from the lakes to Liverpool in the same year [‘57]. See also DEAN
RICHMOND.
Sources :
nsp,vbs,mv,eas,lssc,gwgl,sol,sbs,is(3-60),h,ms,lss,wb,hg,mpl
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JOHN B. KETCHAM - See NEEBING
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V.H. KETCHAM
Other names :
also spelled KETCHUM on official records.
Official no. :
25908
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 1-mast
Build info :
1874, D. Lester, Marine City as a propeller bulk freighter
Specs :
233x41x24 1600g
Date of loss :
1905, Sep 16
Place of loss :
Parisienne Isl. NW of the Soo
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2 of 9
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Caught fire while asea and
beached on the island, where she burned to the waterline. Owner: Seither
Transportation Co., Cleveland.
Anchor & chain
are on the grounds of Lake Superior State College.
Converted from
bulk freighter to barge at Algonac, 1904
Largest vessel on
the Great Lakes when built.
Sources :
is(1-70),lssc,lss,gwgl,gsgl,ns1,nsp,mpl
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KETCHUM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14037
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1855, F. N. Ketchum, Huron, OH
Specs :
123x28x9, 187g 178n
Date of loss :
1883, Oct 31
Place of loss :
Gill's Pier, N of Leland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
hardwood
Detail : She was blown ashore by a gale,
torn to pieces and abandoned. She had slipped her anchor while loading at
Gill’s Pier. Owned out of Chicago by Mueller & Christie. Shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as "lost or
otherwise out of service."
Near the beginning
of May, 1861, she was found upside-down on Lake Michigan, with her yawl still
in place and her crew presumed lost in a white squall.
Major repair in
May, 1883
Sources :
mv,ssb,lmdc,nsp,polk,hgl,hr,rsl,eb
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KEWANEE
Other names : also seen as KEWANNE and KEWAUNEE
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, Port Ontario, NY
Specs :
72x19x7, 81 t. om
Date of loss :
1840, May
Place of loss :
near Port Huron*
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and broke up.
*Maybe near Huron,
Ohio, Lake Erie
Not listed in the
usual sources, but registry above is only vessel of this name at this time.
Sources :
is,wl,wmn
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KEWAUNEE - See MARY A. DARYAW
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KEWEENAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14043
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1866, T. Arnold, Newport [Marine City], MI as a sidewheeler
Specs :
205x30x11 493g 469n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 8
Place of loss : in
harbor at Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked by a northerly storm
blowing through the mouth of the harbor,
she was driven broadside on the beach. Later recovered, though she had been
declared a total loss. She sprang a leak and sank in Sandusky harbor due to
age, 1906, and was abandoned. Capt. George Ritchie sailed her for her last 25 years of existance.
Run down and
heavily damaged by the steamer NEW ORLEANS the previous August - thought to be
unrepairable, but soon put back into service at Tonawanda.
Tow of steamer
J.E. POTTS, she collided with the barge JOHN MARTIN, in tow of the steamer CITY
OF CLEVELAND, and sank, in Neebish Rapids, [St. Mary’s R. near “Rain’s Dock”]
Jun 17, 1889.
Major repair in
1881.
Converted to barge
at Detroit in 1886-7.
Sources :
nsp,gwgl,mv,lhl,hgl,mpl
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J.C. KEYES
Other names :
none also seen as JEROME C. KEYES
Official no. :
12710
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1867, Buffalo probably built as a
steam yacht
Specs :
19 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Nov 7
Place of loss : at
Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Torn from her dock, driven on
the beach and wrecked. It was thought she could be salvaged, but she was
finally given up in 1880.
Sources :
lss,lhl,mv
————————————————————————*NEW*
D. H. KEYS
Other names : often seen as KEYES
Official no. : 6784
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1873, Trenton, MI
Specs : 122x27x8,
183g 174n
Date of loss : 1901, Nov 10
Place of loss : midlake
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : cast adrift
Loss of life : 2?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was in tow of the tug MYSTIC, when the
little steamer broke down in the middle of the lake. The barge and her two
crewmen were cut loose, and the vessel drifted away. The tug was towed into
port and the barge was found four days later on the beach at 14-mile Point,
Keweenaw, more than 90 miles from where she had been cut loose. No word on her
crewmen. Owned by Capt. D. E. Stevens, Duluth.
Port Huron Custom House records list her as abandoned in 1898.
Sources :
nsp,lss,phr,wmn
————————————————————————±
M.O. KEYS
Other names :
none also seen as M.O. KEYES
Official no. :
17212
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1874, Port Clinton, OH
Specs :
69 ft., 41g 39n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 8
Place of loss :
just E of Marblehead, OH, lifesaving station, Point Marblehead
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Bound Kelley’s Island to
Lakeside, OH., she was sunk by a storm.
This or another
scow M.O. KEYES was built at Conneaut, 1866. 1874 date above may be a rebuild.
Sources :
mv,h,hgl,usls,wl,nsp
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KEYSTONE
Other names :
built as the bark BRIDGEWATER(qv), renamed in 1880
Official no. : 14452*
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight “lumber hooker”
Build info :
1866, Hitchcock & Gibson, Buffalo, as a bark
Specs :
163x34x11, 722 gt
Date of loss :
1898, Sep 19
Place of loss : Big
Summer Island (also given as Waugoschance Pt., in error)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
stranding/fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : 1002 t. coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Manitowoc, Wisconsin, she stranded on Big Summer
Island in a northwest gale and the next day burned to the waterline. Oddly, she
was insured for fire damage, but not against going ashore. Master: Capt. Carter
Graves. Owned by National Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, and her skipper.
*as BRIDGEWATER,
she was #2109.
Sources :
m&h,mv,nsp,hgl,wgts
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KEYSTONE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
161014
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel
Build info :
1891, Buffalo
Specs :
82x19x12, 94g 54n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 19
Place of loss : at
Ashland, WI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire and was gutted
by fire at the Keystone lumber dock. The fire spread to the dock and tramway,
and over 3,000,000 board feet of lumber was also destroyed.. The tug was
thought to be a total loss, but was later rebuilt at a cost almost equal to her
value.
Sources :
is,mv,nsp,lss
————————————————————————±
KEYSTONE
Other names :
built as CITY OF CLEVELAND, renamed CITY OF ST. IGNACE in
1906, last name in
1929
Official no. :
126333
Type at loss :
sidewheel streamer, steel, excursion
Build info :
1886, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI,
hull# 71
Specs :
272x41x15, 1,923g 1,324n
Date of loss :
1932, Jul 23 [also seen as Jun 23]
Place of loss :
Ecorse, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
(none)
Detail :
She burned to a total loss. She was sold for scrap afterwards and never
ran again.
Sources :
eas,ns4,mv
————————————————————————±
KEYSTONE STATE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1849, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
279 ft, 1354 t.
Date of loss : 1861,
Nov 10
Place of loss : off
Port Austin, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
33 [all]
Carrying :
passengers, hardware*
Detail : Bound Detroit for Milwaukee
when she foundered in a storm. She was last seen off Port Austin making bad
weather of it in heavy seas. Wreckage was seen off Pointe Aux Barques on the
21st, which was the first time she was
missed, and her wheelhouse washed ashore near Lexington a few days later. She
had just come out the 7th after five years of layup and was on her first trip.
Owned by C. M. Reed, Erie, Pa. Master: Capt. Wilson Travers(d).
*one source says
there was gold in her safe
Sources :
eas,slh,sol,is,h,lhdc,lc,hgl,nsp,umr
————————————————————————±
KEYSTORM
Other names :
none
Official no. : C129749
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight canaller
Build info :
1909, Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England
Specs :
250x42x20 1673gc 1037nc
Date of loss :
1912, Oct 26
Place of loss :
Scow Island Shoal, near Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound Charlotte, NY for
Montreal, she struck a shoal in the mouth of the St. Lawrence and sank in 120
feet of water. She was a loss of $135,600. Wreck located in 1958.
Sources :
mmgl,is,ns2,csv,win,mpl,dmt
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JOSEPHINE KIDD
Other names :
built as the propeller STANLEY, renamed in 1881
Official no. : C71232
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & freight
Build info :
1879, J. Ellison, Port Stanley, Ont.
Specs :
84x21x7, 70gc 49nc
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 4
Place of loss : 4
mi from Big Bay, Bay of Quinte*
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
unk, valued at $4000
Detail : Burned. No other detail.
Possibly recovered.
*also given as Commodore Pt., Bay of Quinte
and Georgian Bay
Registered out of
Port Stanley, but certificate had been revoked a few days before the accident.
Owned by Kidd
& Co. of Goderich
Sources :
nsp,mmgl,slh,h,hgl,clu,rp,jb
————————————————————————±
KILLARNEY
Other names :
built as SCOCONY 23, renamed BRUCE A. McALLISTER in 1960, last name in
1974
Official no. :
229118
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel
Build info :
1929, United Dry Docks, Mariner’s Harbor, NY
Specs :
91x22x10, 176g 119n
Date of loss :
1974, Sep 12
Place of loss : 20
mi off Fairport Harbor, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered 55 mi E of Southeast
Shoal. Owned by Gaelic Tug.
Sources :
is,mpl,ewe
————————————————————————±
S.H. KIMBALL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22374
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1864, I. Nicholas, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
138x26x12, 319g 303n
Date of loss :
1895, May 8
Place of loss : 38
mi NW of Pte Aux Barques, MI*
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
soft coal
Detail : Collided with her tow steamer
GEORGE STONE(qv) in a fog and sank. The two had become separated, and in trying
to regain her consort in the soupy weather, the STONE rammed KIMBALL bows-on.
The steamer picked up KIMBALL's crew.
Master: Capt. William Brown. Owner: M. A. Bradley.
*also given as 3
mi NW
Sources :
slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,mpl,es
————————————————————————±
W.C. KIMBALL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81178
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1888, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
63x17x5, 33g 31n
Date of loss :
1891, May 8*
Place of loss :
near Pt. Betsie, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
4 [all]
Carrying :
shingles, salt
Detail : Outbound from Manistee for
Traverse City, she foundered in a thick NW gale. Home port: Grand Haven.
Master: Capt. Stevenst(d).
*May 12 also given
as date of loss.
Sources :
mv,h,nsp,nsp,hgl,sb,usls
————————————————————————±
KINCARDINE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71147*
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1871, Andrews & Son, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs :
107x20x9, 342gc 220n
Date of loss :
1892, Jun 2
Place of loss : Cabot
Head, near Wingfield Basin, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt
Detail : Stranded in foggy conditions
and began to go to pieces. Most of her cargo was soon salvaged, but the vessel
caught fire June 10 and burned to the waterline. The fact that she had no
marine insurance, but was covered for fire gave rise to the suspicion that she
had been burned intentionally. Owned by Micheals Bay Lumber Co. Master: Capt.
Thompson (?).
Also sunk above
Little Current, Ont., with heavy damage, in Nov 1882; in eastern L Superior in
Dec, 1883 and near French R. in '88.
Registered out of Goderich.
*2 boats have this
number
Rebuilt 1881,
major repairs in 1883, 89.
Sources :
is,csv,win,nsp,mmgl,slh,lss,hgl,mpl,wmn,wl
————————————————————————
KING BEN - See NAVAJO
————————————————————————±
KING SISTERS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14039
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, G. R. Rogers, Toledo
Specs :
272g 258n
Date of loss :
1884, Oct 19
Place of loss :
Gull Isl. Shoal*
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She stranded and broke up,
total loss.
Out of Cleveland,
owned by King.
*also given as
Mohawk R.
Sources :
mv,h,ledc,win,hgl,rsl,es
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A.B. KING
Other names :
built as 3-mast schooner TEUTONIA
Official no. :
145273
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, G. Koenig(King), Marine City, MI
Specs :
177x32x15, 594g 565n
Date of loss :
1928, Aug 11
Place of loss : off
Harbor beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and broke up in summer
gale.
Sources :
hmc,ns4,mv,rkr,hcgl
————————————————————————±
BELLE KING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
2152
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, G. Fordham,Toledo
Specs :
37g 18n
Date of loss :
1877, Jul 18
Place of loss :
Peach Pt., South Bass Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She sprang a leak in a teriffic
gale, stranded and began to turn turtle. Her crew abandoned her, but the tug
immediately righted and continued on into the storm alone. She later sank near
Peach Pt. While wrecker S. A. Murphy
claimed to have raised her in August, 1884, there is no record that she
ever ran again.
Rebuilt in 1869
Sources :
lhl,hgl,es,rsl,wl,nsp
————————————————————————±
C.G. KING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
5847
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2 mast
Build info :
1870, Rust & Arnold, S. Saginaw as a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
163x29x11 457g 435n
Date of loss :
1913, Nov 14
Place of loss :
near Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and broke up in
the aftermath of the "Big
Storm." Abandoned as unsalvageable and broke up within 2 weeks after
stranding
One inexplicable
report says she burned at Chaumont, NY, the same year, another says Cleveland
(mpl)
Sources :
eas,vbs,ns2,mv,mpl
————————————————————————±
CHARLES A. KING
Other names :
none also seen as C.A. KING
Official no. :
5058
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, Roderick Calkins & Blaisedell, Cleveland
Specs :
140x26x12, 316g 300n
Date of loss : 1895,
Sep 26
Place of loss : 10
mi NE of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She foundered off the point in
a NE gale. The crew was rescued by steamer E.C. POPE, which witnessed the
foundering. Bound Toledo for Bay City.
Master and owner: Capt. James Glenn, who had
purchased her earlier in the same month.
Ashore in a gale
and declared a total loss on Long Point, October, 1871.
Major repairs in
1870, 71, 80 and 81
Sources :
nsp,slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl,rsl
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EURETTA KING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C90708
Type at loss :
scow-barge, wood
Build info :
1887, Fred Sharp, Welland, Ont. as a scow-schooner
Specs :
111x23x7, 142gc 130nc
Date of loss :
1921
Place of loss : off
Port Colborne
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
“lost”
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
No detail. Registry not cancelled until 1937
Sources :
mmgl,
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F.J. KING
Other names :
none
Official no. : 9299
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, G. Rogers, Toledo
Specs :
140x26x12, 280 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Sep 15
Place of loss : 3
mi off Rawley Bay, WI*
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
600 t. iron ore
Detail : She sprang a leak and sank in a
heavy SE gale while running for shelter, going down in 25 fathoms of water. Her
crew escaped in the yawl. Bound Escanaba for Chicago, she was a total loss of
about $7500. * her skipper gave her location as "just east of Cana Island
in 25 fathoms of water, " which is
5 or 6 miles S of Rowley Bay.
Registered out of
Morristown, NY, owned by Chicagoan J. S. Dunham and her skipper, Capt. Wm.
Griffen.
Major repairs in
1876, 81
Sources :
mv,nsp,eas,h,wb,hgl,sb,wgts,bb,hr
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GEORGE KING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85313
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "lumber hooker"
Build info :
1874, G. King (Koenig), Marine City
Specs :
176x31x13, 533g 381n
Date of loss :
1926, Sep 20
Place of loss : in
harbor at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sources :
hmc,eas,h
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JAMES C. KING
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13871
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1867, Tripp & Kirby, E. Saginaw, built as a bark
Specs :
175x33x13, 512g 487n
Date of loss :
1901, Nov 29
Place of loss :
near Tobermory, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Driven ashore and destroyed by
a gale, she had been lost from the tow of the steamer W.L. WETMORE(qv), which
had been towing the barge BRUNETTE as well. The three were trying to make the
harbor at Tobermory when all went ashore. The crew, after a frigid, harrowing
night, were rescued by the fish tug GLUCUS.
Registered out of
Saginaw for her entire 34-year career.
Rerigged as a
schooner by 1884
Sources :
ns1,slh,lhdc,vbs,mpl,do,nsp
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J. G. KING
Other names :
registered as JAMES G. KING before 1848
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1836, Jones, Dunkirk, NY [Black River]
Specs : 84x23x9,
154 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Oct [late in the month]
Place of loss :
near Kalamazoo, R. mouth [Saugatuck]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was driven ashore in a storm, where she was rendered a total loss.
Ashore with heavy
damage to her cargo near Conneaut, 1843. Many other accidentS in her career.
Sources :
wl,wmn,blu[1856],wmhs
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JENNIE P. KING
Other names :
none also seen as JEANNY P. KING
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1863, Little, Tonawanda, NY
Specs :
450 t. om
Date of loss :
1866, Jun 18
Place of loss : a
short distance above Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
14 of 15 [10 men and 4 women]
Carrying :
timber and spars
Detail :
After losing control in a big gale, she piled ashore and capsized,
costing the lives of all but one of those aboard. Eleven bodies were recovered
off Port Rowan in early October. She was out of Tonawanda, NY, owned by
VanValkenburg of Lockport, NY
Sources :
sol,hgl,rsl,nsp,jk
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LUCY KING - See E. FEE
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R.B. KING
Other names :
none also seen as ROBERT B. KING
Official no. :
21286
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1863, G. Hanson, St. Joseph, MI
Specs : 84
ft, 83g 79n
Date of loss :
1885, Nov 8
Place of loss : at
Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 4
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail : Struck the entry pier, capsized
and sank in the harbor near Port Sherman in a gale. She broke up the next day.
Two crew were rescued by the Lifesaving Service. A later examination of her
wreckage revealed that she was in an advanced state of rot and in fact had had
her insurance cancelled shortly before the accident. Hailed from Chicago, but
owned by Forbes and Wheeler, Port Huron. Master: Capt. Dunbar.
Sources :
mv,nsp,h,hgl,usls,rsl,es
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KINGFISHER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C90554
Type at loss :
propeller (tug), wood
Build info :
1886, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs :
46x11, 14gc
Date of loss :
1895 or 96
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : (Erie)
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Burned to total loss.
Sources :
csv,hgl
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KINGFISHER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14032
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1867, I. Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs :
166x32x13, 517g 491n
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 5
Place of loss :
close to shore at Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was driven ashore at the
foot of Case Ave. by an exceedingly violent storm. Broke up in another storm on
the 18th, which drowned one of her crewmen who had shipped on the
SARAH E. SHELDON (qv). Her deck was
later cut off to remove her cargo.
Driven ashore with
heavy damage near Port Burwell in June of 1881.
Sources :
eas,ns1,mv,es
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G. P. KINGSBURY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85257
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1873, J. P. Arnold, Muskegon, Mich
Specs :
54x13x7, 29 t.
Date of loss :
1891, Oct 19
Place of loss :
Lake Muskegon, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Caught fire under the pilothouse while coming up the lake with a scow in
tow. Badly burned and then scuttled off Interlake Park, she was expected to be
abandoned and her machinery salvaged. Owned by Crosby & Co., Muskegon.
Master: Capt. Robert Rice.
Sources :
nsp,hr,hcgl*
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THOMAS KINGSFORD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
24143
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Geo. Rogers, Oswego, NY
Specs :
136x25x10., 263 t.
Date of loss :
1871, Apr 8
Place of loss : off
Waugoschance Pt., W Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Cut by an ice floe and sank on
Waugoschance Reef, only 25 feet from the lighthouse pier. She resisted efforts
by the big wrecker LEVIATHAN to pull her off and was later was washed off by a
storm, at which point she went to pieces. Much of her gear was later salvaged
by Chicago wrecker Capt. Micheal Beffel
or Beffels in the sloop D. M. NORTON.
Homeport: Chicago
Sources :
osdo,slh,hgl,ssm,rsl,nsp,ww
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THOMSON KINGSFORD - See also JOHN H.
PAULEY
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KINGSTON
Other names :
later BAVARIAN(1872)(qv), ALGERIAN(74), CORNWALL(1904)
Official no. : C71609
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1855, Gilbert & Co.,* Montreal
Specs :
176x27, 344t
Date of loss :
1872, Jun 11
Place of loss :
Grenadier Isl., E end of Lake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2 of 125
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : Caught fire, beached and burned
to a shell, a $75,000 loss. Master: Capt. Carmichael. Her durable iron hull was
later recovered, rebuilt as BAVARIAN(qv) and burned again the next year, but
not retired until 1930.
*Builder also seen
as Dunbar & Bartley
Major repair in
1865
Sources :
mmgl,clu,is,csv,hgl,dmt,rsl,wl
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KINGSTON PACKET
Other names : ?
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1815, Kingston
Specs :
70 g.t.
Date of loss :
1831, Dec 6
Place of loss :
Long Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
merchandise ["valuable"]
Detail :
Bound Prescott, Ont., for York [Toronto], she went ashore and became a
total wreck. Master: Capt. Mayo.
Driven ashore with
heavy damage in the great Lake Ontario gale of Nov 12, 1820,
Sources : rp,hgl,wmn
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KINSMAN INDEPENDENT
Other names :
built as CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, later ERNEST R. BREECH(1962), last name
in 1987
Official no. :
264317
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1952, Defoe, Bay City, MI hull
#422
Specs :
642x67x35, 11,703g 8472n
Date of loss :
1990, Nov 24
Place of loss :
just S of Isle Royale, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She ran aground in heavy
weather. At first she was thought to be a constructive total loss, but she was
later refloated and repaired at a cost of $1.5 million.
Sources :
is,nsp,llc
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KIOWA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
220780
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight "3-island steamer"
Build info :
1920, Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, MI
Specs :
251x44x24, 2309g 1440n
Date of loss :
1929, Nov 30
Place of loss : Au
Sable Reef, W of Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 of 21
Carrying :
flaxseed
Detail : The shifting of her slippery cargo in
big waves caused her to become unmanageable and strike the reef. 16 crew were
rescued, probably by local fishermen, but others also claim credit. Partially
scrapped in place during the WWII scrap drives.
One of several
Great Lakes freighters built from leftover parts of WWI Shipping Board vessels.
Sources :
eas,gwgl,sol,is,ns2,mv,rkr,mpl
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FRANK E. KIRBY - See DOVER
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S.R. KIRBY
Other names : none
Official no. :
23107
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1862, W.D. Lewis, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs :
59x16x7, 70g 35n
Date of loss :
1875 or 6
Place of loss : at
Port Austin, Mich
Lake :
Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : She sunk by the Port Austin
dock and was a total loss. The wrecker MONITOR removed her machinery in 1877
and 78. Owned by Ayers & Co., Port Austin.
Document
surrendered at Port Huron Jun 30, 1879, annotated "wrecked in 1876."
Sources :
vbs,phr,lhl,nsp
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S.R. KIRBY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116325
Type at loss :
propeller, composite, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI, hull #100
Specs :
294x42x23, 2339g, 1833n
Date of loss :
1916, May 8
Place of loss :
Sawtooth Reef, near Eagle Harbor, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
19 of 22
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : While trying to avoid the
deadly reef in huge waves and blizzard, she broke her back and drifted onto the
reef anyway, where she sank. Two crewmen were saved by the steamers BERWIND and
BLOCK, but most of the crew was drowned when the steamer broke up. She had been
downbound with the barge GEORGE E. HARTNELL in
tow. There accusations at the time that both steamer and barge were overloaded.
Owned by Northwestern Transportation Co. Master: Capt. David Girardin, Jr. (d).
Largest composite
vessel ever built on the lakes, she was also the first lakes freighter to be
equipped with electric lights.
Sources :
eas,atl,gwgl,lss,sol,is,ns2,h,mv,mpl,es3-2
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GILBERT KNAPP
Other names :
none
Official no. :
10337
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1854, Beckwith, Racine, WI
Specs :
120x26x9, 186g 177n
Date of loss :
1896, Sep 6
Place of loss :
Shalda Creek, near Sleeping Bear, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
firewood, tanbark
Detail : She had just taken on a cargo
at Glen Arbor, MI, and was trying to ride out a gale when her anchors slipped.
She went ashore and broke up.
Capsized off
Sheboygan, Wis with the loss of 3 lives, in Aug, 1856.
Major repairs in
1862
Lengthened 20 feet
& converted from 2 to 3 masts in 1871
Sources :
ssb,wb,nb,hgl,mpl,rsl,rnc
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A.V. KNICKERBOCKER
Other names :
also seen as KNICKERBOCKER, A.E. KNICKERBOCKER
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1840, Detroit
Specs :
67x17x6, 62 gt [om]
Date of loss :
1855, Aug 26
Place of loss : 6
mi of Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
ca. 3 of 7 or 8
Carrying :
bark
Detail :
She capsized in a gale. Her crew, clinging to the wreck, were spotted by
the schr CHARLEY HIBBARD, but the skipper declined to assist them. She
eventually came ashore S of Port Washington, where two crewman swam ashore.
When they returned with help, the others had disappeared from the schooner’s
upturned hull. Owned by Guido Pfister of Milwaukee. Master: Capt. Richards(d).
Sources :
mpl,bb,wl,nsp,hr
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KNIGHT TEMPLAR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
14110
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast, package and bulk freight
Build info :
1865, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs :
136x26x11, 290g 275n
Date of loss :
1905, Dec 16
Place of loss :
near Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was overwhelmed by a storm
and driven into shallow water, where she was abandoned and broke up.
Sunk in St. Clair
Flats in December of her first season. Repaired at Detroit in 1866.
Sources :
osdo,stb,nsp,ns1,mv,tel,st
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ERASTUS KNIGHT - See EDWARD E. GILLEN
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HAZEL R. KNIGHT
Other names :
Official no. :
167653
Type at loss :
barge
Build info :
1919
Specs :
236 g.
Date of loss :
1927, Nov 17
Place of loss : at
Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Detail :
Collided with the sidewheeler F W SARGENT and sank, a total loss.
Sources :
eas,mv,wmn (not in 1920-21mv's)
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KOSSUTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : ?
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 18
Place of loss :
Chicago harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail :
Driven on the Illinois Central breakwater by a teriffic gale, capsized
and sank. Her crew was recued by the tug JOHN P. LEVY. Owner: C. Raab,
Sheboygan.
Sources :
hgl,nsp
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KOSSUTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
paddle tug, wood
Build info :
1850, Henry Chase, Townsend or Tonawanda, NY
Specs : 97x19x7, 118 t.
Date of loss :
1858, May 2
Place of loss : off
Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Bound Chicago for White Lake, Michigan, she encountered a northwest gale
and tried to put in at Muskegon. She struck a bar and stuck fast, being
abandoned and pounding to pieces over the next several days. Owner: E. Kibbee,
Chicago.
Sources :
lhl,nsp,wl,hgl
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KREETAN
Other names : none
Official no. :
218060
Type at loss :
gas screw passenger vessel
Build info :
1919, Johnswood, Mich
Specs :
38x12x5, 15g 14n
Date of loss :
1939, Nov 15
Place of loss : 1
mi S of Grand Haven, MI
Type of loss : towing accident
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
(none)
Detail : Crushed between two scows and
sank. Homeport: Grand Haven, owned by I. J. Lyons.
Sources :
h,hr,mv
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DAN KUNZ
Other names :
none
Official no. :
157209
Type at loss :
propeller, wood "steambarge"
Build info :
1888, Savord & Ratti,
Specs :
102x24x6, 99g 60n
Date of loss :
1909, Jun 5
Place of loss : near
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and total wreck.
Sources :
www,eas,mv