©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
U
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U C 97
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
submarine, steel, mine-laying
Build info :
1918, Blohm und
Specs :
184x19x12[draft], displacement
[not tonnage]: 491 t. [surfaced], 571 t. [submerged]
Date of loss :
1921, Jun 7
Place of loss : 20
mi offshore from Highland Park, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
gunfire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : German submarine was a WWI
prize and display ship which toured the Lakes in a post-war bond drive
[1919-20]. After her usefulness was ended, and in line with naval treaty, she
was sunk in gunnery practice from the gunboat U.S.S. WILMETTE (former EASTLAND,
qv).
She had been launched
but was not commissioned into the Kreigsmarine before the end of
hostilities and was turned over to the allies.
UC-97 was located
in 1992 at a depth of about 250 feet, but the exact location of the wreck has
not been revealed.
Official U.S. Navy history of
the boat.
Link to an excellent webpage on her.
Sources :
is,janes,lmdc,anfs,mpl,ke,net(see above)
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U.S. 240
Other names :
none
Official no. :
167523
Type at loss :
barge, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1919, Foundation Const. Co., Erie, PA
Specs :
294g 263n
Date of loss :
1923, Sep 13
Place of loss : off
Port Colborne, Ont., near Windmill Pt.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
3
Carrying :
sulphur
Detail : Foundered enroute from
Cleveland to New York City.
Laid down for U.S.
Shipping Board [WWI].
Out of Buffalo
Sources :
eas,mv,rkr,ledc
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U.S.C.E. TUG No. 84 - See WILLIAM M. HATCH
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U.S.C.G. cable boat No. 56022
Other names :
none
Official no. :
USCG 56022
Type at loss :
cable boat, steel
Build info :
former U. S. military LCM (landing craft)
Specs :
56 ft., 50 t. displ
Date of loss :
1977, Dec 1
Place of loss : off
Ontario-On-the-Lake, E of Nine Mile Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none mentioned
Detail : Bound Oswego, NY for Niagara,
she was caught in a storm and took on water faster than her pumps could handle.
A CG tug that came to the rescue from Charlotte found her listing heavily. Her
crew was taken off and the vessel taken in tow, but she sank before reaching
port. The Coast Guard states that she was salvaged the same month and condemned
the following July, but wreck divers located the vessel upside-down on the
bottom at the point where she foundered, in 2004.
Sources :
jk,uscg,nsp
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UARDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25243
Type at loss :
propeller, iron, passenger & freight
Build info :
1881, D. Bell, Buffalo as a yacht
Specs : 93x12x8,
93g
Date of loss :
1912, Jun 4
Place of loss : Ripley,
Mich [near Hancock]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire [arson?]
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
? [probably empty - she was undergoing repairs]
Detail :
This small steamer was discovered to be afire late one evening while
tied to Seager's wood dock at Ripley. Her skipper/owner believed the fire was
purposly set. She burned to a shell. The hull was later removed to West
Hancock, where she was sunk by ice early
the following spring. She still lies there, in 20 feet of water, where she was
discovered by divers in 1970. Out of Hancock, owned by Scott & Werner and
sailed by Capt. Werner.
Sources :
bb,mv,nsp
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UGANDA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25289
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1892, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City
hull# 88
Specs :
291x41x20, 2053g 1709n
Date of loss :
1913, Apr 19
Place of loss : 4
mi E of White Shoals, Western Straits
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Buffalo,
struck pack ice and cut her hull. Despite frantic effort by the crew to save
her she finally sank. Crew of 22 saved by steamer DONALDSON.
Sources :
ssm,eas,mv,vbs,slh,sbs,sol,ns2,h,lmdc,mpl
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UNA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25228
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1877, J. McCarthy, Grand Haven, Mich
Specs : 63x17x8,
44gt
Date of loss :
1909, Oct 15
Place of loss :
Algoma, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She stranded in the harbor – apparently blew away from her moorings as
nobody was aboard – and became a total loss. Out of Marquette, Mich.
Sank in 1897 in
St. Joseph, Michigan harbor after striking a dock. Her crew was rescued by the
LSS with difficulty.
Ashore near Grand
Haven in 1890 and her crew rescued by the Lifesaving Service.
Sources :
mv,bb,wmhs,hgl,wmn,jm,sn
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UNADILLA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25021
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, lumber
Build info :
1862, Lafrinier or Peck & Masters, Cleveland as a 3-mast schooner
Specs :
154x31x13, 396g 376n
Date of loss :
1913, Dec 2
Place of loss : at
Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven on breakwater and became
a constructive total loss. Hulk was out of the water and was left in place until destroyed by fire Nov 15,
1915. 53 years old!
Ashore on Gull
Isl, L. Michigan and declared a total loss, Sep 1893. Also reported broken by
storm in the Straits, Nov 20, 1886.
Rebuilt 1879,
major repair 1881,86,94
Sources :
eas,mv,ns2,nsp,mpl,hcgl
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UNCLE SAM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1833, Treat, Grosse Ile, MI as a sidewheeler
Specs :
107x23x7, 280 t.
Date of loss :
1847, Dec 18
Place of loss : E
side of Kelley's Isl. [then called Cunningham's Island]
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Stranded and sunk in a NE gale,
she broke up and became a total loss. Master: Capt. C. J. Magill. Owned by J.
Stafford, Buffalo.
Rebuilt
sidewheeler to bark, 1844. Last registration document, Oct., 1847, shows her as
a schooner.
Sources :
hgl,lhl,ledc,wl,ski,wmn
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UNCLE SAM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25131
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, A. Abernethy, Buffalo
Specs :
59x15x5, 24 gt
Date of loss :
1882, mid-March
Place of loss :
Straits of Mackinac, just above Cheboygan
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail : Bound to new owners in
Muskegon, she went ashore, was crushed by ice and sank; she was reported broken
up by Apr. 11 of the same year. Newspapers in July, 1883, said that she had
been towed into Cheboygan at that time for the removal of her machinery to a
new hull. Document surrendered in 1884. Owned by Hudson & Christian, Muskegon, who
expeacted to save her machinery.
Rebuilt at E.
Saginaw, 1874
Rebuilt in 1880 after a fire at E. Saginaw
Sources :
phr,hgl,lhl,ssm,slh,sbs,nsp,mv
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UNDINE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C71158
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, D. Lavallee, Hamilton, Ont
Specs :
108x23x12, 217gc 196nc
Date of loss :
1890, Nov 1
Place of loss : 20
mi W of Charlotte NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
400 t. coal
Detail : Bound Sodus, NY for Hamilton,
she was caught by gale while hugging the
south shore. She struck bottom and was holed in Braddock Bay. Water quickly
overwhelmed her pumps and she sank, while her crew abandoned in her yawl. Owned
out of Hamilton by her skipper, Capt. Ure.
She had iron knees
and was wire-rigged.
Major repair in
1883
Sources :
nsp,polk,hgl,mmgl,ib
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1855, J. P. Arnold, Port Union (Port Huron?), MI
Specs :
92x18x8, 116 t. om
Date of loss :
1865, Dec 30
Place of loss : at
Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to total loss.
Sources :
lhl,wl,nsp,eas
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25138
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1852, Ashtabula, Oh
Specs :
82x22x7, 73 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 30
Place of loss : St.
Joseph, Mich
Lake :
Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She weathered a storm outside the harbor for two days, but struck on
some pilings while trying to enter. After one of piles worked loose she
careened over and sank, coming to rest near the end of the south pier. She soon
broke up, and her remains were later scattered by the tug DAISY LEE. Owned by
Boutell, Mitchell and Westover, Bay City, Mich.
Rebuilt in 1854 and again in 1857 at Holland, Mich,
by H. Revell.
Sources :
bcha,mv,jm,bb
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25083
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1863, Lockport, NY
Specs :
75x16x6, 36gt
Date of loss :
1870, Nov 14
Place of loss : Saginaw Bay off Pte Au Gres
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was loitering in the
bay, waiting for a tow ,when she caught
fire and burned to a total loss. The
crew, which had been at dinner at the time, launched her boat quickly and got
away just before she sank.
Rebuilt in the
winter of 1865-6. Owned by B. Boutelle & Co., Saginaw.
Heavily damaged in
a boiler explosion at Muskegon in 1866, and had another boiler explosion on
Lake Huron in September of the same year.
Sources :
phr,hgl,eas,slh,lhl,nsp
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25048
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1861, S. Bates, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
163x26x12, 553g 434n
Date of loss :
1873, Sep 25
Place of loss : Au
Sable Point
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Blown into shallows near point by westerly gale. Later pounded to
pieces. Out of Green Bay.
Engine recovered
in 1874, boiler recovered in 1875.
At the time of her
loss there were 16 lakes vessels with this name, causing some confusion.
Most of her
machinery, as well as her first skipper, came from the Goodrich steamer OGONTZ.
Sources :
lhl,mv,nsp,gwgl,ms,lss,rsh,nsp,rsl
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheeler, wood, passenger & package freight ferry
Build info :
1857, Knight & Hunter, Windsor*
Specs :
163x33x10, 1190 t.
Date of loss :
1876, Jun 16**
Place of loss : at
Port Huron, MI, just below Black R.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to total loss while laid
up.
*also given as
1856, Jenking, Walkerville
**also given as 1867, 1875 and 1877. She may
have had another fire at Port Huron in the summer of 1875.
Sources :
csv,mmgl,clu,slh,is,st,es
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
60064
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1877, W. Bay City
Specs :
33x8x3, 5g
Date of loss :
1883?
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Enrollment surrendered at Port Huron Dec 15,
1883, annotated "wrecked," shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels as "lost or otherwise out of service."
Sources :
phr,vbs
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UNION
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1873, J. Glover, Port Ryerse, Ont.
Specs :
71x18x7, 72 t.
Date of loss :
1886, Sep 18
Place of loss :
near Rondeau, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Bound Tyrconnel for Detroit,
she was dismasted and thrown ashore the
17th, then pounded to pieces the next day. Out of Port Dover, owned by Charles
Aid, et.al. or by Capt. Voight.
Sources :
polk,nsp,mmgl,win,clu,ledc
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UNION
Other names :
built as WATERTOWN [replaced an earlier vessel of the same name, see
below] Last name in 1888
Official no. :
C92654
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, ferry
Build info :
1866, F. Jenkins, Kingston, Ont.*
Specs :
132x24x7, 267gc 163nc
Date of loss :
1902
Place of loss :
Niagara R. at Fort Erie
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Sunk - maybe scuttled. Out of St. Catharines, owned by Fort Erie Ferry
and Railway Co.
*Mills list says
she was built in 1864, and rebuilt in ‘66, so may BE the vessel WATERTOWN,
below.
Sources :
mmgl,csv,ns1
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UNION JACK
Other names :
none
Official no. :
C?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Norman, Mill Pt., Ont.
Specs :
227 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 10
Place of loss : 5
mi ESE from Bar Pt. lightship
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail : Bound Toledo for the Welland
Canal and Belleville, Ont., in heavy weather, she sprang a leak and went down
off Bar Point, despite a great effort on the part of her crew to save her. They
escaped in her small boat just before she went down. The large schooner
MICHIGAN narrowly avoided striking her emergent mast-tips on about Oct 7. Owned
by Thompson & Co. Belleville, Ont.
Sources :
nsp,wl,hgl,es not in mmgl
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UNION STAR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
25030
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, W. Summerfield, New Baltimore, Mich
Specs : 77g
Date of loss :
1867, Aug 28
Place of loss :
Gull Island reef, near Put-in-Bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
stranded/storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she went on the reef at night. A high wind
the next day damaged her considerably, and by Sep 4 she was destroyed, despite
the efforts of the wrecker MAGNET. Her outfit and much of her cargo were
recovered before she went to pieces. Owned by Hawley & Pines, Detroit.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,wmhs,wl,bb
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UNITED EMPIRE - See SARONIC
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UNITED KINGDOM
Other names :
built as ALCIOPE, renamed in 1832
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel
steamer, wood, passenger & package freight*
Build info :
1828, Niagara, Ont.
Specs :
(140x28)
Date of loss :
1835, Nov
Place of loss :
near Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : wrecked
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported wrecked. One of first
vessels lost in this area. Later resurrected and rebuilt to the schooner
BIRMINGHAM.
*may have been
converted to a schooner just before her loss.
Rebuilt, 1832
Sources :
csv,(lhl),mmgl,wmn
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UNITED STATES
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1835, Huron, OH
Specs :
140x28x10, 366 t.
Date of loss : 1849, Mar 7
Place of loss : at
Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was destroyed by fire,
supposed to be the work of an arsonist. She was a total loss and her remains
were soon broken up. Owned by Munger & Willard, Buffalo.
Stranded and
damaged east of Erie, PA. when she ran up on the rocks in a fog. in June, 1836.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,eas,wmn
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UNITED STATES
Other names :
rebuilt to bulk freighter BATISCAN
Official no. :
206330
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1909, Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock, Manitowoc, WI
Specs :
193x41x16, 1374g 811n
Date of loss :
1927, Jun 6
Place of loss :
Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned to a shell at her dock.
Salvaged by Reid Towing and Wrecking and rebuilt as shown below.
Built as excursion
steamer, then a large yacht, then this vessel.
Sold Canadian as a
hulk and rebuilt as the odd-looking engine-forward bulk freighter BATISCAN
[C#154467], which served until scrapped in 1944 or 5. BATISCAN came out in
1930.
Loss date also
given as Dec 8, '27 and Mar 5, '28.
Sources :
mv,ns4,csv,eas,slh,sol,h,win
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M. C. UPPER - See BEN HUR
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URANUS - See W.C. FRANZ
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UTICA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1834, Oswego, NY
Specs :
72x20x8, 104 t. om
Date of loss :
1837, Oct 25
Place of loss : 10
mi NW of Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none [in addition to her crew, she was carrying five passengers]
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Bound
Capsized with
supposed loss of five lives off Conneaut, Oct., 1833.
Sources :
nsp,wl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1846, J. Averill,
Specs :
131x26x11, 334 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 17
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
barrelled beef
Detail :
Struck a bar while entering the harbor in heavy seas but light wind.
Driven into the shallows, bilged and broke in two. Pounded to pieces by the
25th. Owned by J. Leavenworth of
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,wmn
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger and tug [riverine]
Build info :
1849, Sacket's Harbor, NY
Specs :
(59 t.)
Date of loss :
1850, Apr [17]
Place of loss : near Port Ontario, NY
Type of loss :
navigational error
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Bound Sacket's harbor for
Sources :
rp,lhl,bc