1881                                           Escanaba                                     1901

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Gibraltar MI by Linn & Craig, Hull 23
Launched April 9, 1881

212’ LOA, 201’ LBP, 35’ beam, 20’ depth
2 decks, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 720 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI May 7, 1881 (#122)
201.0 x 35.6 x 20.1, 1160.56 tons (917.64 NT 1882)     US 135487     to:
T. C. Owen,

Entered service 1881

Sold 1896 to Escanaba & Lake Michigan Transportation Co., Michigan City IN

Sold 1899 to P. H. Fleming & Co., Chicago IL and renamed Baltimore.

Struck reef May 24, 1901 in heavy storm off Point Au Sable, Lake Huron, broke in two and sank.  Master, his wife and 11 of crew lost;  second engineer and a deckhand survived.  Enrollment surrendered May 31, 1901.

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