Moonlight (ship)

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
Name: Moonlight
Owner: William Mack (first owner) Joseph C. Gilchrest Company (second owner)
Port of registry: United States
Builder: Wolf and Davidson Company
Laid down: September 13, 1903
Launched: 1874
Fate: Shipwrecked on September 13, 1903
Status: Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991
Notes: Location: 46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W[1]
General characteristics
Type: 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

History

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
  1. "Apostle Islands Deep Shipwrecks". Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. "Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use". National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  3. "Moonlight Shipwreck". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  4. Keller, James M. The Unholy Apostles. pp. 77–83. ISBN 0-933577-001.


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