Also known as:

SEARSPORT

Year of Build:

1893

Official Number:

53280

Built at:

Superior, WI

Vessel Type:

Barge

Note: whaleback

Hull Materials:

Steel

Number of Decks:

1

Hull Number:

131

Builder Name:

American Steel Barge Company

Original Owner and Location:

American Steel Barge Company, Buffalo, NY

Length:

292'

Beam:

36'

Depth:

22'

Tonnage (gross):

1,310

Tonnage (net):

1,265

Final Location:

off Fire Island, NY
Atlantic Ocean

Date:

12 Nov 1911

How:

foundered

1894, Oct 18 Aground, Thompson's Island, Hay Lake Channel

1896, May 22 Collision with, sank schooner SUNRISE, 6 miles from Chicago, Lake Michigan

1901 Owned Pittsburgh Steam Ship Company

19?? Owned Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, MI

1911 Owned Harper Transportation Company, Boston, MA; renamed SEARSPORT; went to Atlantic Coast

1911, Nov 12 Foundered

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie