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beginning with the letter
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©1999-2007, David
D. Swayze,
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S.O. & Co. #85 - See CLEVECO
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S.T. Co. #85 - See also CLEVECO
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L.C. SABIN - See
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SACHEM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116267
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info :
1889, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 187x34x15, 739g 543n
Date of loss :
1928, Oct 8
Place of
loss :
near Port Lambton, Ont.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
an exploding oil stove started a fire that destroyed her while she was
underway. She beached on Roberts
Landing, where she burned to a total loss.
Sources :
sol,ns3,mv,nsp,mpl,eas
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SACHEM
Other names :
built as tug JOHN KELDERHOUSE, renamed SACHEM in 1911, renamed DEREK E.
after 1990
Official no. :
204106
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel Diesel
Build info :
1907, B.T. Cowles,
Specs : 72x20x11,
100g 70g
Date of loss :
1950, Dec 18
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
12 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : According to crewmen working on
the sand dredge
Converted from
steam to Diesel propulsion in 1950.
Sources :
mv,gs,is,wm2,mpl,kvd,eas,ems,uscg
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Other names : none
Official no. :
22277
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1850, Lockwood, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 116 t. om
Date of loss :
1867, Oct (2)
Place of
loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all but one [3 or 4]
Carrying :
coke
Detail : Bound
She MAY have been
recovered as she still appears in 1869 mv.
Major repair in
1859
Ashore with loss
of life near
Sources :
hgl,nsp,rsl,bb,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
116682
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, J. Davidson,
Specs : 308x43x21,
2380g 1911n
Date of loss :
1917, May 15
Place of
loss :
near Port Austin Reef lighthouse
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She struck the reef and went
down. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered and returned to service.
Abandoned at site
of Davidson Shipyard in 1939 and her remains are still there.
rebuilt 1905,
1918
Sources :
vbs,mv,gwgl,sbs,slh,h,ns4
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SADDLEBAG -
former entry removed pending further information
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SAGAMORE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
57932
Type at loss :
barge, steel, whaleback, bulk freight
Build info :
1892, American Steel Barge Co. [A. McDougall],
Specs : 308 ft.
1601g 1557n
Date of loss :
1901, Jul 29
Place of
loss :
off Iroquois Pt.,
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was riding at anchor
waiting out fog when she was rammed by the 300-ft steel steamer NORTHERN QUEEN.
SAGAMORE was riding very low in the water and was practically invisible because
of the normal low profile of whalebacks. She split amidships and sank very
quickly. She had been the tow of the whaleback steamer PATHFINDER. Master:
Capt. S. Joiner(d).
Sources :
mv,ns1,lssc,is(2-69,1-71),lol,gwgl,sol,ns1,lss,nsp,mpl
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SAGAMORE
Other names :
built as tug JAMES O’CONNOR, renamed 1919
Official no. :
218114
Type at loss :
Diesel workboat, steel
Build info : 1906, Buffalo
Specs : 39x12x5,
14g 9n
Date of loss :
1936, Dec 8
Place of
loss :
5 mi off
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
Owned in 1934 by
Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging, Buffalo.
Sources :
slh,h,mv,bb
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H.W. SAGE
Other names :
also seen as HENRY W. SAGE
Official no. : 95414
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1875, T. Boston,
Specs : 203x36x13, 848g 803n
Date of loss :
1903, Oct 4
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of the prop
Rammed and
quickly sunk by the steel steamer CHICAGO in the St. Clair R. Jul 29, 1900. One
or two lives were lost, crushed in her foc’sl. She was raised in September in an
expensive salvage operation [due to the current] and converted from a schooner
to a schooner-barge.
Also ashore in
Sources :
ns1,hgl,vbs,sbs,polk,nsp,h,ns1,st,mpl,wgts
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RUSSELL SAGE - See ATLASCO
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
22372
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, D. Lester,
Specs : 138x26x11, 285 t. (378 t. om)
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 28
Place of
loss :
near
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
sulphur
Detail :
Bound for
Driven high up on
a rocky bar near
Out of
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,phr,wmn,wl
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
57283
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1866,
Specs : 138x26x13,
310g 296n
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 27
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm and fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Last in a tow of four barges,
she broke away from the tug ALANSON SUMNER and went ashore in a gale. The
schooner H.M. SCOVE(qv) in tow of the tug
STRANGER, picked up her crew and one sailor's dog, who had clung to the
waterlogged wreck for more than 20 hours. A signal lantern which was hung in
the wreck to mark it’s position later caught it afire and it burned to a total
loss. Master: Capt Bunting. Owner: Eloen W. Hudson & H. L. Brown,
*A newspaper
report says this was the former steamer
