Moonlight (ship)
46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W
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History | |
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Name | Moonlight |
Owner | William Mack (first owner) Joseph C. Gilchrest Company (second owner) |
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Builder | Wolf and Davidson Company |
Laid down | September 13, 1903 |
Launched | 1874 |
Fate | Shipwrecked on September 13, 1903 |
Notes | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 Location: 46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W[1] |
General characteristics | |
Typ | Schooner, later converted to a tow barge |
Tonnage | 777 gross tons (738 net tons) |
Length | 206 feet (63 m) long, 35 feet (11 m) wide |
The Moonlight was a schooner that sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Michigan Island. The wreckage site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[2]
History
[edit]Moonlight was built in 1874. In addition to service in the Great Lakes, Moonlight also sailed in the Atlantic Ocean.[3] In 1894 she was involved in an accident with SS Ohio which was sunk. She sank in September 1903 in a storm while hauling iron ore from Ashland, Wisconsin. In use as a tow barge, Moonlight was under tow by the steamer Volunteer. Both ships were loaded with iron ore in Ashland and were headed for their destination when a violent storm erupted and ruptured the seams of Moonlight's hull.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Apostle Islands Deep Shipwrecks". Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ^ "Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use". National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Moonlight Shipwreck". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ Keller, James M. The Unholy Apostles. pp. 77–83. ISBN 0-933577-001.
External links
[edit] Media related to Moonlight (ship, 1874) at Wikimedia Commons
- Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- 1874 ships
- Shipwrecks of Lake Superior
- Schooner barges
- National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin
- Ships built in Milwaukee
- Schooners of the United States
- Shipwreck discoveries by Jerry Eliason, Ken Merryman and Kraig Smith
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs