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JACK – See BOTHNIA
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ANDREW JACKSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 105413
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, Dry Dock Company, Holland, MI*
Specs : 121x25x8 198g 188n
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 7
Place of loss : 2 ¼ mi E of USLS station, on Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Stranded and wrecked in a big gale. The U.S. Lifesaving Service was able to rescue her crew. Owned by Haynes Lumber Co.
*Location also given as Grand Haven, in error.
Sources : slh,ns1,h,phr,wes
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C.W. JACOB – See ISOLDE
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CECILIA JAFFRAY
Other names : also seen as CECELIA JEFFREY, CELIA JAFFRAY, C. JEFFRIES, CELIA JEFFREY, etc.
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, W. Andrews, Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Specs : 173 t.
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 23
Place of loss : 6 mi off Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : The JAFFRAY was overtaken by a snowstorm and sank at about 10 pm. All of her crew escaped safely. Owned out of St. Catharines by D. D. Harnett and sailed by Capt. J. Malloy.
Sunk at Kingston, Ont., in October, 1873 and near Cleveland in 1874
Rebuilt in 1876.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mmgl,wmn
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JAMAICA
Other names : none
Official no. : 13306
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs : 138x26x11, 341 t. 318n
Date of loss : 1885, Aug 2
Place of loss : between Evanston and Glencoe, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10 [7 crew plus Captain’s wife, niece and son]
Carrying : 530 t. coal
Detail : In a crippled condition, she was run ashore to save her from sinking. Those aboard were rescued by Lifesaving Service. Bound Oswego for Chicago and owned by Thomas Norton of Oswego. She had had a similar accident near the same spot the previous year. Usls report has long description of her loss.
Also knocked down by a white squall Jun 18, 1872 on Lake Huron. Crew rescued by the passing schooner STARLIGHT. Master: Capt. David Bouthwell. Owner: M. M. Wheeler, Oswego.
One source reports her as a scow-schooner.
Major repair in 1882.
Sources : mv,osdo,is(3-77),lmdc,h,slh,sol,sagl,hgl,usls,nsp,rp
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WILLIAM JAMIESON
Other names : none
Official no. : C75912
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1878, W. Jamieson, Deseronto, Ont
Specs : 100x25x9 143 gt
Date of loss : 1923, May 15
Place of loss : off N side of Amherst Island
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hard coal
Detail : She began to leak heavily in a storm, was abandoned by her crew and sank. Bound from Oswego.
One of the last working schooners on the Great Lakes when lost. Owned by Wm. Savage of Kingston.
Wreckage located by divers about 1970.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,ns3,is(2-90),do
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JAPAN – See ROY K. RUSSELL
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JAPAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 12761
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1853, Ruggles, Milan, OH [also given: T. Hamilton, Milan]
Specs : 113x24x10, 192g 182n [245 t. om]
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 19
Place of loss : in Garret Bay of Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood (liquor reported by hopefuls, but no mention of it in the press)
Detail : Driven on the beach and wrecked near Hedgehog Harbor just after taking on a cargo of wood. Owned out of Chicago by Sirhorn and Gunderson.
Rebuilt in 1865, ‘85, major repair in 1861
Sources : mv,lmdc,nsp,wl,rsl,ec,nsp,wgts
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MARY JARECKI
Other names : none
Official no. : 90271
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1871, Bailey Bros, Toledo
Specs : 179x33x13, 645 g 503 n
Date of loss : 1883, Jul 4
Place of loss : Au Sable Point, W of Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She went ashore on the W side of the point in a heavy fog. Despite the efforts of the tug MYSTIC with a 14-inch steam pump, the vessel remained in place and was later pounded to pieces by a storm. Owned out of Chicago by Barker. Master: Capt. Tony Everett.
Major repairs in 1880.
Sources : ms,gwgl,polk,lss,hgl,mpl,mv,nsp,hr
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T.J. JARMIN
Other names : built as fire tug GEYSER, renamed in 1906
Official no. : C112337
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1889, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull #27 US#86036
Specs : 57x18x7, 29g 17n
Date of loss : 1928
Place of loss : near Cutler, Ont., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered. No detail. Owned by W. J. Bell, Sudbury, Ont.
Built as a fire and harbor tug. Sold Canadian in 1904.
Rebuilt in 1912.
Sources : vbs,phr,mmgl,csv
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JAVA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Weed & Carpenter, Bay City, MI
Specs : 96x19x7, 128 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 8
Place of loss : off Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : copper ore
Detail : Bound Detroit for Dunkirk, she was riding out a storm behind Long Point when her anchor chains parted. Her skipper ran for Dunkirk, but she crashed on the breakwater while trying to enter the harbor. Her crew was rescued by boats from shore. Owned by W.H. and James Craig of Detroit Master: Capt. William Been.
Sources : vbs,hgl,nsp,wl
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JAVA
Other names : none
Official no. : 75388
Type at loss : propeller, iron, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1873, King & Owens Iron Co., Buffalo
Specs : 232x36x13, 1525 gt
Date of loss : 1878, Aug 18
Place of loss : 15 mi off Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : mechanical failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : valuable mixed merchandise including 300 t. of fine household goods, parlor stoves, salt,etc.
Detail : She was a twin-screw, and the main theory of her loss in good weather was that her starboard shaft coupling came loose and shaft slid out the stern, allowing water to flood through the sleeve. She sank quickly in more than 300 ft. of water. Crew escaped in lifeboats, were picked up by J.P.MARSH. Bound Bay City for Milwaukee & Chicago. Owned by Ensign Line [Ensign & Holt], Buffalo. Master: Capt. F. L. Pope.
Sister of RUSSIA, CUBA, SCOTIA.
Image from my collection
Sources : nsp,is(2-96),hgl,mpl,mv,es
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JAY BIRD
Other names : built as LADY ESSEX, renamed 1891
Official no. : 48295
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1869, Geo. Carpenter, Saginaw
Specs : 68x19x5, 54g 51n
Date of loss : 1896? (exact date unknown – still in 1895 mv)
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Document surrendered Nov 12, 1896 at Port Huron, annotated only “wrecked and abandoned.”
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1877
Sources : phr,mv,hgl,vbs,hr
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JEAN
Other names : none
Official no. : C97107
Type at loss : propeller steam fish tug, wood
Build info : 1889, Buffalo US# 76847
Specs : 49x12x4 21gc
Date of loss : 1910, Dec 10 or 11
Place of loss : off Amherstburg, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire. Owned by H. H. Boyd, Port Burwell.
Sold Canadian, 1906.
Sources : h,mv,mmgl,hr
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JEANIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 76796
Type at loss : sidewheel passenger steamer
Build info : 1888, Craig Shipbuilding, Trenton, Mich
Specs : 117x38x6, 193g 148n
Date of loss : 1891, Dec 4
Place of loss : at Toledo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire from unreported causes in her winter berth at the Craig shipyard, Toledo, and burned to a total loss. Owned by John Craig & Sons, Toledo.
Sources : nsp,mv,hr,wmn,wl,jb
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JEANETTE
Other names : also seen as JEANNETT
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1832
Specs : 60 t.
Date of loss : 1834, Nov 29
Place of loss : at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 5
Carrying : walnuts, wheat
Detail : Stuck a pier while entering the harbor in a heavy gale and pounded to pieces.
Owned by her skipper, Capt. James King(d) of Scriba, NY and J Lyon & Co. of Oswego.
Sources : osdo,rp,hr
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JED – See MAPLEGROVE
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JEFFERSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, passenger & freight
Build info : 1834, French Creek, NY
Specs : 76x20x8, 109 t. om
Date of loss : 1842, Nov 18
Place of loss : 3 mi above Buffalo lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9(at least)
Carrying : meat,salt,merch.,iron
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she was driven ashore and demolished. Eight passengers [including an entire family of 7] & 1 crewman were lost. The remainder of the crew made it to the shelter of the brig OLIVE RICHMOND, which had gone ashore nearby. One young woman passenger was later found in the cabin, frozen solid in an upright position, with arms outstretched. She was later recovered and is the same vessel as the 1844 wreck (below). Owned out of Chicago by J. Ransom. Master: Capt. William Dougall.
This vessel is mentioned many times in early Great Lakes lore.
A schr THOMAS JEFFERSON was reported wrecked at Chicago with the loss of 2 lives in November, 1839. Owned by Hugunin and sailed by Capt. Keeler.
Sources : is(4-67),hgl,rp,nsp,wl,hr
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JEFFERSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1834, French Creek, NY
Specs : 76x20x8, 109 t. om
Date of loss : 1844, Mar 17
Place of loss : off St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : stone
Detail : Bound Chicago for St. Joseph, she was overwhelmed by a storm when approaching the latter port and sank up to her decks. Master: Capt. Dougall. Her crew clung to her ice-coated rigging for eight hours until rescued from shore by a hastily-formed group of lifesavers in a rowboat. The rescue crew was led by Capt. Nelson Napier, who was skipper of the steamer ALPENA(qv) when that vessel was lost in 1880. Capt. J. Prindiville,at the time an 18-year-old crewman on the JEFFERSON, related this story in detail after the ALPENA was lost.
Sources : nsp,hgl,bcha,jm,lotl,wl,bb
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JOHN H. JEFFERY, Jr
Other names : also seen as J.H. JEFFERY. See below
Official no. : 77021
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1892, N. Grignon, Duluth
Specs : 42x12x7 12g 6n
Date of loss : 1918, Oct 12
Place of loss : at Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Tied up at her dock on Grassy Point, she was destroyed when the great Cloquet forest fire swept the dock area. Owned by Northern Dock & Dredge Co., Duluth.
The fire destroyed all of NDDs floating stock including the dredge DULUTH, the tugs ELLA G. STONE, MENTOR and this tug as well as five or six scows.
Nearly destroyed by fire Nov 3, 1910 at Duluth.
Reported destroyed by fire Oct 1, 1892, but recovered and rebuilt (brand new at the time or maybe the fire was to AGATE).
Built on the hull of the 1868 tug AGATE (US#1713).
Sources : gwgl,is,mv,lss,mpl,mjd
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L. JENISON
Other names : none also seen as L. JEMISON
Official no. : 14825
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1867, Grand Rapids, MI
Specs : 129 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Dec 16
Place of loss : At Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Document surrendered in March of 1877. Owned by Capt. Ganoe.
Sources : mv,lhl,mpl,eas,glmd
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ISAAC G. JENKINS
Other names : also seen as J.G. JENKINS, F. G. JENKONS
Official no. : 100178
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, W. Brown, Algonac, MI
Specs : 137x26x12 327 g
Date of loss : 1875, Nov 30
Place of loss : off Sodus Bay
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 10 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She left the Welland Canal bound for Oswego and was caught in a terrific westerly storm. Foundered somewhere enroute. A few small pieces of wreckage and the body of the Captain’s dog were all that was ever found. Out of Oswego, owned by E. Mitchell and others. Master: Capt. John Brown(d).
*It has long been stated in modern sources that her position is unknown, but vessels reported striking submerged masts thought to be hers 4-5 miles off Lewis’ Bluff, E of Oswego, NY* in 1876.
Wreck probably located in nearly 700 ft of water off Sodus Bay and idenfied remotely.
Sources : nsp,osdo,phr,usls,es,rp,jk
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LOUISA JENKINS
Other names : maybe
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1829, Milan, Oh
Specs : 63x19x7, 74 t.
Date of loss : 1840, Sep 11
Place of loss : at Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : flour, fish, bulk oats
Detail : She lost her rudder and became unmanageable while coming into the harbor in a gale. She drove against the piers and was pounded to pieces in a short time. Her crew was rescued by the steamer CHAUTAUQUE. Master: Capt. Traverse. Owner: John Vail, ey. Al, Silver Ck., NY.
Ashore with damage under Point Abino in 1833
*first known registry 1834
Sources : hgl,wmn,wmhs,wl
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EDWARD H. JENKS
Other names : built as prop E.M. FOSTER(qv), later FAUSTIN(qv)
Official no. : 136048
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info : 1882, D. Foster, Port Dover, Ont. as a passenger steamer C# 85471
Specs : 119x23x10 180g 130n
Date of loss : 1891, Sep 1
Place of loss : Ballard Reef, 1 mi above Lime-Kiln Crossing
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : limestone
Detail : She collided with the 1000 t. steamer GEORGE W. MORLEY in a misunderstanding of passing signals and beached on the reef with just her cabin above water. The captain’s wife was among those lost. Master: Capt. Ekbert. Recovered in October; rebuilt and enlarged at the Oades yard, Detroit, in 1900. See FAUSTIN for details of her final demise.
Sold U.S. 1888 after capsizing in Saginaw Bay and then drifting ashore near Port Hope, Mich. She was then purchased by Jenks, rebuilt and renamed.
Sources : h,ns2,mv,ledc,csv,hgl,es,nsp
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J.M. JENKS
Other names : later R.R.RICHARDSON(’16),RALPH S. CAULKINS(’42)
Official no. : 77532
Type at loss : propeller, steel, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1902, American Shipbuilding, Lorain, OH hull# 317
Specs : 414x50x28, 4644g 3381n
Date of loss : 1913, Nov 11
Place of loss : a few mi N of Midland, Ont., Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore with heavy damage in the “Big Storm” of 1913. Recovered though thought to be a total loss, but the cost of repairs was near her value before the accident.
Later rebuilt as a bulker.
Scrapped in 1963
Sources : slh,h,mv
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JENNIBEL
Other names : also seen as JENIBELL, JENNIBELL
Official no. : 12975
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, A. C. Stokes, Sheboygan, Wis
Specs : 94x24x8, 132g
Date of loss : 1881, Sep 17
Place of loss : near Plum Island, Death’s Door
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hemlock bark and green wood
Detail : Outbound from Egg Harbor, she was struck by a southerly squall and capsized. The tug GREGORY rescued her crew shortly before the vessel went down, her cargo being unable to sustain bouyancy. Owned by Capt. Christianson, Milwaukee.
An attempt was made to raise her in the 1960’s, but she broke up in the process.
Sources : wgts,bb,mv,hr
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JENNIE AND ANNIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 12717
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1863, Wm Crosthwaite, Buffalo
Specs : 137x26x12, 255 t. [348 t. om]
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 13
Place of loss : under Empire Bluffs, 9 mi S of Sleeping Bear
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 or 7 of 10
Carrying : grain
Detail : Driven into shallows by a gale and pounded to pieces.
Also damaged in great gale of Nov 17-18, 1869, near Racine.
Homeport in 1869: Buffalo
Sources : smi,mv,sb,nsp,nb,hgl,rsl
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A.H. JENNIE
Other names : none
Official no. : C77820
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1882, I. Becker, Port Rowan, Ont.
Specs : 119x21x9 197gc 121nc
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 21
Place of loss : off Pickering, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pig iron
Detail : She was swamped and sunk by a storm. Bound Hamilton for Cobourg, Ont. Out of Port Rowan, owned by J.J. Deadarch.
Rebuilt and lengthened 12 ft in 1899. Orig. 108gc
Sources : mmgl,ns1,csv,nsp,ib
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JENNIFER
Other names : built as the steamer CACOUNA from halves of sister ships, renamed LORNA P in 1973, last name in 1974
Official no. : C313980
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk/package freight
Build info : 1964, Geo. Davie Shipyard, Lauzon, Que.
Specs : 210 t.
Date of loss : 1974, Dec 1
Place of loss : 30 mi NE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : steel plates
Detail : This small freighter capsized and sank in a storm when her cargo shifted. A USCG helicopter and the British freighter FORTUNA rescued her crew. Owned by Matthew Shipping Co., Great Britain.
Sources : is,lmdc,mpl
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F.A. JENNINGS
Other names : none
Official no. : 120258
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood, fish
Build info : 1876, E. Saginaw, Mich
Specs : 43 t.
Date of loss : 1879, Jul 16
Place of loss : Sandwich canal, Sandwich, Ont
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at 3 am. At the time arson was suspected. The tug had been laid up in the canal since the fall of 1877, and had just been raised preparatory to putting her back in service. She was towed down and her machinery was removed at Amherstburg in late July.
Owned by Mrs. F. A. Jennings of Detroit
NOTE: Vessel name may be in error. A fish tug WALTER SCOTT (#80064), owned by the same party, was begun to be totally rebuilt at the same time as this accident – reported relaunched in October, 1879.
Sources : es,hgl,nsp,hr
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W.G. JENNINGS
Other names : none
Official no. : 80151
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1884, Saginaw, MI
Specs : 48x15x5, 29g 28n
Date of loss : 1896?
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered Jun 3, 1896, annotated “wrecked.”
Sources : vbs,phr,mv,hgl
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JEROME
Other names : none
Official no. : 75005
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1868, Buffalo
Specs : 20 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Sep 8
Place of loss : at Grand Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : This small local tug exploded her boiler at her dock, injuring one and throwing hot boiler pieces in all directions.
Out of Grand Haven. Master: Capt. Moses Gerard.
Sources : nsp,mpl,mv
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JEROME
Other names : none
Official no. : C61163
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1872, J. Jerome & A. Hemminger , Carrollton, MI (Saginaw) as a sidewheeler [US#75704]
Specs : 74x12x4, 66gc 41nc
Date of loss : 1884, Oct 3
Place of loss : near Wallaceburg, Ont.
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss in the River Sydenham. Owned by J. A. Smith or Dr. Mitchell of Wallaceburg. Hulk later sold to C. J. Johnson, Wallaceburg, but no evidence that she ever ran again.
Also sunk in a collision with the steamer WILLIAM J. MACY near the same spot [i.e. Baby’s Point], in 1881.
Canadian records say she went into that registry in 1873, but she is still in 1877 mv.
Rebuilt from a sidewheeler to a prop in about 1883.
Sources : vbs,mmgl,clu,win,mv,es,wmn
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GORDON JERRY
Other names : none
Official no. : C88628
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “rabbit” stonehooker
Build info : 1884, J Duprey, River Rascom, Ont. as a schooner (or Port Burwell, 1874)
Specs : 102x25x6 124 t.
Date of loss : 1905, Fall
Place of loss : on Ward Island, Toronto harbor
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She stranded and was abandoned as not worth salvaging. The hulk caught fire and burned to the waterline Oct 10, 1906.
Converted to a prop at Toronto, 1892 or 1889.
Sources dispute where & when she was built. That she was a U.S. schooner in ’85 built “River Ruscomb (Bascom?), U.S., 1884” is quoted in CSV. Same source says she was purchased from U.S. at that time.
Sources : mmgl,tgl,ns1,csv,tfgl
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JERSEY CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1855, G.W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs : 152x29x12, 633 t.
Date of loss : 1860, Nov 24
Place of loss : near the tip of Long Point, opposite Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 16 of 22
Carrying : flour and barrelled pork, hides
Detail : Bound Toledo for Dunkirk, NY, she was driven ashore and wrecked in a very powerful storm.
Owned by the New York and Erie RR Line.
Sources : sagl,lhl,hgl,nsp,rnc
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JERSEY CITY – former entry (1890) deleted – no supporting information
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JESKA
Other names : none
Official no. : C126128
Type at loss : propeller, composite, bulk freight
Build info : 1909, Davis Dry Dock, Kingston
Specs : 108x24x12 189 t.
Date of loss : 1926, Oct 7
Place of loss : 10 mi off Fair Haven, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Filled and foundered in 300 feet of water.
Registered out of Kingston
Stranded on Main Duck Isl., L. Ont., the previous year.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,ns3,h,csv,win
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JESSIE – See also PHILADELPHIA
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JESSIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 12775
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, J. Thayer, Ashtabula
Specs : 119x24x8, 155g
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 9
Place of loss : E end Bois Blanc Isl. Straits.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : supplies
Detail : Stranded and went to pieces while bound for a Les Cheneaux Islands lumber camp. Document not surrendered until 1893.
Rebuilt 1880
Sources : mv,sol,h,slh,phr,hgl,wmn
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JESSIE or JESSE
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont.
Specs : 250 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 31
Place of loss : N side of Salmon Pt.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Toronto to Kingston, she drove ashore after dragging her anchors in a gale, and became a total loss of $34,000, vessel & cargo. She had come under the point for the night and anchored to ride out the gale, but the wind shifted during the night, driving her ashore. A desperate effort by locals on shore failed to save her crew, who had clung to the rigging until they dropped off one by one and perished. Out of Port Stanley. Master: Capt. John Shevlin(d).
The loss of this vessel helped stimulate the government in to suveying the adjoining bay for conversion to a harbor of refuge.
Major repair in 1862.
Sources : win,clu,hgl,dmt,rsl,rp,nsp,rnc
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JESSIE MAGGIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 76677
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1887, F. Carpenter, Kilmanagh, Mich
Specs : 64x16x6, 48g 46n
Date of loss : 1904, May 9
Place of loss : near Pelee Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gravel, lighter in tow
Detail : This small schooner was caught by a storm, and during the buffeting her anchor came loose and stove a large hole in her hull. The crew barely had time to escape before she went down. Owned by W. J. Terrill, Cleveland.
She was built on a farm near Sebewaing, Michigan and hauled 4 1/2 miles to Saginaw Bay over frozen ground by 16 spans of oxen. Built as a small 3-master, she was converted to a 2-master the next year.
Sources : nsp,wm,mv,vbs,es
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JOHN JEWETT
Other names : none
Official no. : 75090
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, Lutz, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 92x21x8 103g 98n
Date of loss : 1898, Oct (27)
Place of loss : Grace Harbor, Hammond Bay, eastern Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : loading lumber
Detail : While loading lumber at the Grace Harbor Lumber Co. dock, the area was struck by a sudden heavy storm. Huge seas drove her right through the dock and ashore, where she pounded to pieces.
Usls report gives the location of this wreck as Grace Harbor, Isle Royale. Location above is near Nine Mile Point, Michigan, east of Cheboygan.
rebuilt, 1886. Out of Detroit
Sources : slh,mv,h,ssm,usls,nsp
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H.N. JEX
Other names : built as passenger & package freight steamer LAWRENCE; renamed FRONTENAC, 1901; and H.N. JEX in 1909
Official no. : C137982
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1868, Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland US# 15450
Specs : 170x27x10 441 t.
Date of loss : 1921, Aug 16
Place of loss : 10 mi SE of Pt. Petre, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She sprang a leak in a storm and foundered. Her crew abandoned in her boats and were picked up by the prop LEHIGH. She was a total loss of $16,000.
Wreck is sometimes reported under her previous name, FRONTENAC.
Sold Canadian, 1908, as a hulk, after a spectacular fire at Lorain, OH Jul 17 of that year. Her document was surrendered at that time and the vessel declared a total loss.
Lengthened 37′ in 1901, converted to bulker in 1909
Sources : mmgl,h,ns3,is,csv,win,mpl,dmt,hcgl
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JOE – See also GILPHIE
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JOE
Other names : none
Official no. : 76791
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk feight “fruit boat”
Build info : 1889, T.W. Kirby, Grand Haven as a steam yacht
Specs : 80x17x6 38g 31n
Date of loss : 1903, Sep 17
Place of loss : off Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : fruit
Detail : Her engine failed in storm and she was pushed ashore , where she broke up. Her crew was rescued by the lifesaving service.
Bound Saugatuck for Holland, MI. Owned by Upham & Weed, Saugatuck. Master: Capt. Upham
Sources : nsp,h,lmdc,mv,mpl
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JOHN & ALEX
Other names : none
Official no. : C150302
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fishing
Build info : 1924, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 59x16x6, 40 t.
Date of loss : 1947, Dec 6
Place of loss : Big Tub, Tobermorey Bay, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : at dock
Detail : This family-owned fishing tug caught fire at her dock in the middle of the night and was totally destroyed. The tug was pushed away from her moorings to save the dock and it’s ice house and twine sheds. She sank in Big Tub, where her remains are a regular dive target.. Master; Capt. J. W. Ransbury. Owned by W. W. Ransbury & Sons, Tobermorey, she was a $15,000 loss.
Sources : do,go,nsp,hr
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JOHN R – See MELBOURNE
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WILLIAM JOHN
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1865, Quick, Presq’ile, ONt. on the hull of the schooner BOB WILSON [blt. 1844]
Specs : 100 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov
Place of loss : 10 mi N of Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : peas
Detail : Bound Trenton, Ont., for Oswego, she foundered shortly after beginning to take on water from an inexplicable leak. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and were picked up by the schooner CENTURION. Registered out of Montreal, owned by Capt. James Savage of Wellington, Ont.
Also reported as wrecked in Oct. 1870 at the water works, Kingston. She struck a pier and did $6,000 damage to hull and cargo.
Also stranded at Bay of Quinte May 2, 1871.
Sources : h,win,clu,hgl,dmt,rp,hr
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JOHNSON
Other names : built as French naval vessel L’OUTAOUAISE
Official no. : British none
Type at loss : barque or snow, wood [10 gun]
Build info : 1759, Pte Au Baril, [St. Lawrence R.] as a 10-gun bark
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1764, Nov (ca. 13th)
Place of loss : near site of Oswego, NY (then called Ontario)
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : troops
Detail : Part of Col. Bradstreet’s small fleet, she was lost while enroute Niagara for Oswego during war with the French.
Taken by the British at Isle Royale, St. Lawrence R., in 1760
Sources : krm,tm
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C.H. JOHNSON
Other names : also seen as CHARLES H. JOHNSON
Official no. : 5833
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1870, Morley, Marine City, MI
Specs : 137x26x12 332g 316n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 23
Place of loss : near Gros Cap, MI, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone blocks
Detail : Loaded with feldspar blocks at Jacobsville, MI and bound for Chicago, she was sheltering from SW gale behind St. Helena Island. Her anchor chains broke and she was driven onto the rocks, where she broke up quickly. The crew was rescued by a local fisherman who answered her distress signal. Owned by her skipper, Capt. Hiram Henderson of Cleveland
major repairs in 1881
Sources : ssm,nsp,lmdc,mv,slh,hgl
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C.N. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 4547
Type at loss : schooner(-barge), wood
Build info : 1856, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo
Specs : 138x26x11 288g 273n
Date of loss : 1895, Oct 16
Place of loss : Bar Pt., near Amherstburg, Ont
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hard coal
Detail : Bound Buffalo for Toledo in tow of steamer OSCODA, she sprang a leak and was put on a bar to save her, but slid off into deeper water while her skipper was looking for a tug. Raised and towed to Amherstburg in late Nov, but not rebuilt. Owned by Chas. Holland of Marine City
major repair in 1882
Sources : nsp,ledc,wb,hgl,rsl
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HATTIE JOHNSON
Other names : none also seen as HATTIE JOHNSTON
Official no. : 11758
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, Fitzgerald & Stewart, Port Huron
Specs : 150x30x13, 418g
Date of loss : 1868, Oct (20)
Place of loss : Goose Isl Shoal, Les Cheneaux Isls., Straits (or Hammond Bay)
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Struck bottom on the shoal and sank. Reported in several sources as a total loss, but she was off the shoal and in port for rebuilding by Nov. 12. Out of Port Huron, owned by John Hibbard or John Johnson
Sources : mv,slh,hgl,phr,jb,nsp
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HATTIE L. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 42513
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood [unrigged barge in ’84 mvus]
Build info : 1872, S. Johnson, Clayton, NY
Specs : 227 t.
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 3
Place of loss : off harbor entrance at Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : coal
Detail : She broke adrift from the tug PROCTOR while trying to make shelter at Oswego and drove ashore near the lifesaving station. Her crew made it to shore on their own. She was later stripped of everything of value and abandoned.
Hailed from Ogdensburg, NY. See also TUSCARORA.
Also wrecked on L. Michigan in 1879 and in 1880.
Major repairs, 1881
Sources : mv,h,hgl,usls,nsp
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HENRY J. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 95950
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1888, Cleveland Dry Dock, Cleveland
Specs : 260x40x20 1713g 1443n
Date of loss : 1902, Jul 24
Place of loss : off Spectacle Reef, eastern Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Groping through the Straits in a dense fog, she collided with the steel steamer FRED PABST and sank quickly, in deep water. Her crew abandoned and was adrift for several hours before being picked up by the tug PARKER. Bound Escanaba for Cleveland. Owned by Capt. Henry J. Johnson, Green Springs, Ohio, hailed from Cleveland
Sources : nsp,slh,is,ns1,lhdc,ssm,mpl,bbas
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HORACE JOHNSON
Other names : also seen as H. JOHNSON
Official no. : 11611
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1867, J. Rose, Portsmouth, MI
Specs : 72x15x7 43g 28n
Date of loss : 1867, Jul 17
Place of loss : Saginaw River just down from Saginaw
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by explosion and fire only six weeks after her launch. Master: Capt. Alex Lafferty or Rafferty(d). Owned by Lapham & Johnson, who were two of those killed.
Sources : lhl,nsp,vbs,mw
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I.A. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 112090*
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, Johnson, Dover Bay, Ohio
Specs : 83x22x6, 93 t.
Date of loss : 1890, Sep 23
Place of loss : off Centreville, Wisconsin
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : This small schooner sank in 100 feet of water following a collision with the much larger schooner LINCOLN DALL (qv). She was an unrecoverable loss, despite the efforts of the tugs SHEBOYGAN and NELSON. Out of Milwaukee.
*also given as 12090
Sources : nsp,mv,wmhs,hr
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J.H. JOHNSON
Other names : also seen as JAMES F. JOHNSTON, JAMES H. JOHNSON
Official no. : 76340
Type at loss : paddlewheeler, wood, package freight (also reported as a propeller)*
Build info : 1882, St. Joseph, Mich
Specs : 85x17x6, 67g 36n
Date of loss : 1895, May 1
Place of loss : Green Bay, midway bet. Sister Bay and Eagle Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : hay and bricks
Detail : Bound for Manistique, Michigan, she drove up on a rock and stuck fast. She broke up over the next few weeks. Out of Milwaukee.
Driven ashore in NW gale near St Joseph, MIch, Nov 25, 1891, and expected to break up in place.
Reportedly valued at $65,000 at this time. Rebuilt and enlarged after recovery.
*built as a paddlewheeler and still listed as such in ‘95mv, but newspapers call her a steambarge [i.e. propeller].
Sources : h,wb,hgl,sb,eas,mv,hr,wgts
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JOHN T. JOHNSON
Other names : also seen as J.T. JOHNSON
Official no. : 75556
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1873, Squires, Huron, OH
Specs : 171x31x11 448g 426n
Date of loss : 1904, Nov 28
Place of loss : North Point of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of steamer B.W. BLANCHARD(qv) with the schooner-barge JOHN KELDERHOUSE, she was torn loose and driven ashore in a gale. Bound for Detroit and owned by Capt. W.L. Martin of Cheboygan
Sunk by a gale in Milwaukee harbor in September, 1893, and expected to break up and become a total loss.
Heavily damaged [broke in two] in a stranding near Cleveland in Oct, 1883. Declared a total loss.
Major repairs in 1878
Sources : nsp,stb,slh,ns1,h,mv,polk,usls,ade
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LENA JOHNSON – See EVRA FULLER
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L.B. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 15303
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1868, Miller, Frederickson & Burns, Chicago
Specs : 61x15x8 43g 21n
Date of loss : 1907, May 2
Place of loss : near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Sprang a leak and abandoned in storm, she later washed ashore and went to pieces. Her crew spent the night on a small life raft.
Not purposely beached as sometimes stated. Owner: Great Lakes Towing.
Capsized twice at Chicago in 1896.
Sources : nsp,is,mv
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LAURA JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 140527
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1882, L.D. LaFountain, South Haven , MI
Specs : 51x16x7, 34g 32n
Date of loss : 1890, Jul 17
Place of loss : 8 mi N of Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Driven ashore by a storm and wrecked, a total loss. She had been loading at a Racine dock.
Sources : mv,h,hgl,hr,wls
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LEVI JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : 14656
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1864, Thos. Wilkes, Cleveland
Specs : 45x13x5, 27g 13n
Date of loss : 1867
Place of loss : Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : explosion/fire
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : none
Detail : Exploded and burned to a total loss on her trials trip after a big repair job. Abandoned, but recovered in the spring of 1869 and rebuilt at Portsmouth. Still operating in 1881
Sources : mv,slh,lhl,nsp
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MARIA F. JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 287 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1868, Nov 23
Place of loss : off the tip of the peninsula surrounding Misery Bay, Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 400 t. anthracite coal
Detail : She had just left Erie, when she sprung a leak and was turned for shore, she foundered on the way in. Her crew took to her boat and made it to shore safely. Owner: J. L. Miner, Detroit. A news clipping from the next year reports that there was 20 feet of water over the deck of the JOHNSON.
She was run ashore to prevent her sinking after colliding with the schooner LIVELY off Sheboygan, WI, in Sep, 1866. Damage heavy.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl (not in ‘69 mv)
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R. JOHNSON
Other names : also seen as R. R. JOHNSON, K.R. JOHNSON
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, Fairport, Ohio
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1854, Dec 4
Place of loss : near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all of 9
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo she beat all the way down L. Huron during a succession of several storms, but was finally blown ashore 2 mi W of Fairport and sunk. Her crew climbed her rigging, but she came broadside to and dipped them in the icy water with every roll. She finally washed them to their deaths one by one before help could arrive. The farm on the bluff above her, and which had sent to the town for help to the unknown schooner below, was actually the home of the JOHNSON’s lost mate, who had been put in charge of the boat by his brother, Capt. Solomon Snell, the skipper and owner.
Sources : nsp,h,hgl,rnc,wl,hr
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SOLON H. JOHNSON
Other names : built as DOLPHIN, renamed in 1879
Official no. : 6887
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steam barge”
Build info : 1875, Collins or Cook, Clayton, NY
Specs : 107x21x8, 129g 100n
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 24
Place of loss : 8 mi S of Kenosha, WI*
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, barge in tow
Detail : Her machinery was disabled by a storm and she blew ashore and broke up. L.S.S saved her desperate crew in an heroic effort. The tug PETER DALTON (qv) removed her boiler in the spring of 1896, but was burned and sunk on the way back to port. Homeport: Chicago. Owner: Mears.
*location also given in error as Washington Isl.
major repair 1876, 78. Rebuilt in 1879.
Sources : mv,h,nsp,wb,polk,hgl,hr,eas,wls,wl
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WILLARD JOHNSON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1862, Lee & Navagh, Oswego, NY
Specs : 448 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1865, Sep 8
Place of loss : 2 mi above Port Austin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : Upbound for Chicago, she ran on a reef in fog and was stranded tightly. There was every prospect of getting her off, but foul weather caused her to be stripped and abandoned for the fall. By spring there was nothing left. Owned by Charles H. Smythe of Oswego.
Sources : slh,hgl,rsl,nsp not in osdo
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JOLIET
Other names : none
Official no. : 76873
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1890, Cleveland Shipbuilding, Cleveland hull# 7
Specs : 266x38x19 1922g 1597n
Date of loss : 1911, Sep 22
Place of loss : 1 mi S of Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : While lying at a dock on the Canadian side of the river, she was rammed and sunk by the steel steamer HENRY PHIPPS. Shortly after she was sunk her owner offered to give her to anyone who would guarantee to remove her. No takers.
Dynamited later in the fall to flatten her. The remains were removed by the Corps of Engineers in 1963.
Sources : eas,nsp,sol,is,ns2,h,mpl check front page
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JOLLY INEZ
Other names : built as TURRET CHIEF renamed VICKERSTOWN, ’15, renamed JOLLY INEZ the same year
Official no. : C106605
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight “turret steamer”
Build info : 1896, Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England
Specs : 253x44x19 1881 t.
Date of loss : 1927, Nov 16
Place of loss : near Saddle Bag Island
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She stranded and was heavily damaged in a gale, declared a total loss. However, she was recovered the next spring, her engines removed and her hull repaired & returned to service as the barge SALVOR(qv), wrecked L. Mich, 1930.
See TURRET CHIEF for an earlier accident
1st Canadian registry in 1913, but a long-time laker as a Britisher before that [Br#106605]
Image as TURRET CHIEF from GLMD
Sources : is,win,mmgl,hr
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JONAS
Other names : ?
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, A. Lee, Wellington, Ont.
Specs : 80 t.
Date of loss : 1898
Place of loss : Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Seems an odd name for a vessel – personification of nautical bad luck.
Sources : slh,hgl,hr
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B.B. JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 2158
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1864, B.B. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 274gt 171nt
Date of loss : 1871, May 25
Place of loss : at Port Huron, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 7 of 12
Carrying : none
Detail : Her boiler exploded at her dock. The crew were at dinner on the deck just over the boiler when it went off, and most of the dead were never found. A 100-pound piece of her boiler went through a building 400 yds away. She was recovered by tug RESCUE in June, but not worth rebuilding. Hull finally towed out and abandoned at the head of Stag Island. Owned by Trowbridge & Wilcox of Detroit. Master: Capt. S. H. Burnham.
Had just been rebuilt the previous winter.
She was reportedly fastened with trenails [wooden pegs] when built
Sources : eas,sol,slh,lhl,hgl,nsp,st,rsl
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B.F. JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 202839
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1906, Great Lakes Engineering, Ecorse, MI hull# 15
Specs : 530x56x31 6939g 5492n
Date of loss : 1955, Aug 21
Place of loss : just above Lime Isl., St. Mary’s R.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Suffered a collision with the steamer CASON J. CALLAWAY and sunk. Recovered, but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped the next year at Superior, WI. Part of her lower hull was used as the shipyard crane lighter SSC-1 at Superior Shipbuilding.
Sources : a&f,mv,is(3-71),ns4,
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ELIZABETH JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 8193
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast (some sources say she was a jackass-rigged 2-master )
Build info : 1867, Mason & Bidwell, Buffalo as a bark
Specs : 184x23x13, 636 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 11
Place of loss : Racine Reef 2 mi S of Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10
Carrying : corn
Detail : She was bound Chicago for Buffalo in one of the heaviest gales of the century. Her sails blew out and she was at the storm’s mercy. She drove on the reef and wrecked, but her crew were rescued by the tug KNAPP and the Lifesaving Service. She was later stripped and broke up in another big storm on the 24th. Owned by W. H. Abel of Buffalo. Master: Capt. Pugh.
Major repairs in 1882
Sources : mv,nsp,h,lmdc,usls,hr,wls
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F.P. JONES – See ARLINGTON
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FANNY L. JONES
Other names : none also seen as FANNIE L. JONES
Official no. : 37093
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1867, H. Root, Lorain [Black R.], OH
Specs : 93x23x7, 113g 107n
Date of loss : 1890, Aug 10
Place of loss : off Avon Point, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 4
Carrying : limestone
Detail : Bound Kelley’s Isl. for Ashtabula, Ohio, she tried to put in to Cleveland to shelter from a summer gale. As she was entering the harbor durig the night she suddenly sank. While the crew scrambled into the rigging, her captain/owner went down with her. USLS rescued the crewmen as dawn broke. Owned by her skipper, Capt. E. C. Cummings of Milan, Ohio – who perished with the wreck – and John E Wing of Kelley’s Island.
FANNIE L. JONES shows in 1869 mvus as US#9205, same tonnage
Sources : mv,is,h,wb,hgl,sb,usls,es,ew,nsp
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GEORGE H. JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : C130221
Type at loss : (propeller tug)
Build info : 1910, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs : 65x15x6, 70gc 34nc
Date of loss : 1917, Oct 4
Place of loss : at Parry Sound, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : (none)
Detail : Total loss to fire. Owned by D. Rumley and S. Robinson, Owen Sound.
Sources : mmgl,h,win,hr
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HARRY R. JONES
Other names : built as steamer D.G. KERR
Official no. : 157696
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1903, Superior Shipbuilding, Superior, WI hull #509
Specs : 468x54x28 5531g 3991n
Date of loss : 1958, Nov
Place of loss : off Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded as shown near Detroit. Refloated in 1960, but declared a constructive total loss due to her age and damages. Used for awhile as a grain storage hull, then sold to a succession of salvage companies, and finally sent to Troon, Scotland for scrapping. Enroute she stranded near Ardrosson, Scot., but arrived at Troon and was scrapped in February, 1961.
More information on the vessel
Sources : ns5,mv,a&f
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J.H. JONES
Other names : none also seen as JOHN H. JONES
Official no. : C90769
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1888, W. Marlton, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 107x21x9 152gc 98nc
Date of loss : 1906, Nov 22
Place of loss : E of Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 26 [all]
Carrying : bricks, machinery, oil
Detail : Bound Owen Sound for Lion’s Head and Tobermorey, she was overwhelmed and foundered in a huge northerly storm, with waves built up over some 65 miles of open water. She was last seen off Cape Croker until wreckage began to wash up on the Christian Islands a few days later. Master: Capt. James V. Crawford(d).
Built as a large fish tug.
Rebuilt 1895 and tonnage reduced from 208.
Sunk by a collision in Georgian Bay in Sep, 1898, raised and rebuilt.
Link to image and news clippings
Sources : mmgl,nsp,slh,lh,gsgl,is,sol,ns1,lhdc,csv,mpl,gl
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J.M. JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, J. M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 92x24x8, 157 t. om
Date of loss : 1861, Sep 2
Place of loss : off Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she collided with the upbound grain schooner CONDOR (qv) and foundered quickly, being cut almost in two. Her crew were able to come aboard CONDOR, which wallowed about for a full day before being picked up by the propeller F.W. BACKUS.
Image from MHGL
Sources : nsp,hr,hgl,umr
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JOHN V. JONES
Other names : none also seen as J.V. JONES
Official no. : 75766
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1876, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
Specs : 125x27x9 201g 191n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : midlake, opposite Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : Hardwood
Detail : Bound Traverse City for Milwaukee, she was overwhelmed in midlake, later drifted ashore near Harrington Beach WI. Four crew were rescued by the carferry PERE MARQUETTE 18. Master: Capt. Louis Frederickson. The vessel was later recovered by U.S.C.G. TUSCARORA, and the hull ended it’s days as a lighter.
Sources : eas,nsp,slh,gs,ns2,h,mv,mpl
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WILLIAM JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 26218
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Rynerson, Manitowoc [also given as Herbrand & Rand]
Specs : 108x26x8, 154g 146n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 22
Place of loss : 1/4 mi SW of harbor entrance at Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber [150,000 bd ft]
Detail : Driven on a bar and sank, later broke up. The crew was taken off by the Lifesaving Service. Bound Charlevoix for Milwaukee.
Owned by White & Co. of Milwaukee
Rebuilt, 1866-7 at Grand Haven, after capsizing on Lake Michigan in November; another major repair in 1861
Sources : mv,nsp,h,hgl,globe,hr,rsl
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WILLIAM JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 26229
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862,Wm Jones , Black R., Ohio as a bark
Specs : 152x30x11, 385 gt
Date of loss : 1905, Jun 26
Place of loss : Canadian side of the Detroit River
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : no cargo
Detail : Having lay idle for several years near the Detroit elevators, she apparently became bored, slipped her moorings in the night and went sailing down the river. After scudding to and from on the river for some time, she took a sheer and stuck herself into the bank on the Canadian side near the slip of the rail transfer ferry HURON, where she was well out of the way of her fellows. She apparently was never recovered and may lie there still. Owned by J. J. Boland, Buffalo.
Sources : nsp,hr,glmd,wmhs
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JORDAN BOYS
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : barge, (steel)
Build info : 1907,
Specs : 405 t.
Date of loss : 1945, May 4
Place of loss : Buffalo Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Went down in harbor.
Sources : eas,h,
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JOSEPH
Other names : none
Official no. : 45143
Type at loss : barge, wood, unrigged
Build info : 1867, J Trombley, Bay City, MI
Specs : 143x30x9 293g
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 10
Place of loss : Between Charity Islands & Caseville, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Tawas City for Bay City in a storm, she broke away from her tug J. B. CLARK and sunk. Her crew was able to escape in her yawl and landed on Charity Island, where they were given heat, food and dry clothing. Master: Capt John Little. Owner: Kinney and Capt. Little, Cleveland.
Scuttled in Tawas Bay in May of the same year to prevent her destruction by a storm. Repaired at Bay City in July.
Built for Alex. Trombley & Co.
Sources : nsp,slh,vbs,phr,hgl,mr
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JOSEPH H.
Other names : built as W.S. CARKIN, renamed P.B. McNAUGHTON about 1900, last name in 1916.
Official no. : C134516
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1888, L. Johnson, E. Saginaw, MI US# 81198
Specs : 73x17x9 63g 31n
Date of loss : 1924, Dec 6
Place of loss : off Port Colborne, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Maneuvering the 6600 ton steamer MIDLAND PRINCE when the big vessel veered out of control and crushed her against a reef, total loss.
Sold Canadian 1916.
Image as P. B. McNAUGHTON from GLMD
Sources : mmgl,is,h,vbs,win
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JOSEPHINE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1850, Quebec
Specs : (175 t.)
Date of loss : 1855
Place of loss : off Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven on a reef by a white squall and destroyed. Master: probably Capt. Comstock.
(This or another schooner, hailing from Sandusky, ashore and wrecked near Dunkirk, NY, L. Erie in 1848. )
(Went missing on L. Ontario in March, 1854. Same vessel?)
Josephine was a very popular name among small schooners.
Sources : sagl,hgl,mpl,hr
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JOSEPHINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 12980
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1864 Fish Creek, Wis.
Specs : 42x12x5, 22g
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 4
Place of loss : Michigan Isl. Apostles group
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Went aground and wrecked.
Out of Ontonagon
Sources : mv,gwgl,whs
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JOSEPHINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 75673
Type at loss : propeller sand scow, wood [also seen as a schooner]
Build info : 1874, Allan, McClelland & Co., Milwaukee
Specs : 99x25x6, 146g 133n
Date of loss : 1888, Apr 14
Place of loss : N of Milwaukee in Whitefish Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : She struck a rock and sank 2 mil es N of North Point Light. Stripped and abandoned the next day. Her machinery was later recovered. Owned by Hiram Bond of Milwaukee.
Sources : mv,nsp,mpl,hr,usls,wls
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JOSEPHINE
Other names : some newspapers call her “Josephine Tolly”
Official no. : 76059
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1879, Dussault, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 66x17x4 36g 22n
Date of loss : 1893, Aug 4
Place of loss : at Johnson’s Isl., Sandusky Bay
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : While her crew was asleep, this little freighter caught fire in her engine room and quickly burned to a total loss. Her crew was able to escape, but lost all of their belongings. The vessel was worth about $1,500. Hailed from Sandusky, owned by John Homgardner.
Sources : www,hgl,mpl,nsp
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URIAH H. JOSLYN
Other names : none
Official no. : 25233
Type at loss : sloop, wood, 1-mast
Build info : 1872, Grand Haven, Mi
Specs : 7 t.
Date of loss : 1884, Jun 27
Place of loss : off Winnetka
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sprung a leak in a gale and run for shore when the water began to gain on the pumps. The vessel being too small fo a yawl, her crewmen jumped into the lake and swam safely to shore. The vessel soon foundered 1/2 mile offshore. Owned by W. H. Whte and her skipper, W. H. Sargent, both of Chicago, and out of that port.
Sources : nsp,mv,wl,polk,wmhs
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JAMES F. JOY
Other names : none also seen as J.F. JOY
Official no. : 12788
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1866, S. McDonald, Detroit as a bark
Specs : 175x35x13, 583g
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 24
Place of loss : near city beach at Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Foundered in blizzard/gale and broke up . Crew was rescued from her rigging by the schooner M.R. WARNER. Mate of the WARNER was given a gold lifesaving medal in 1901. Owned out of Erie, PA., by John Christie. Master: Capt. R. O’Brien.
The hulk was dynamited as a hazard in 1889. Divers removed her rudder in 1974.
Is (was) located 30 yds E of E bank of channel in 13 ft.
Major repairs in 1883.
Sources : mv,nsp,mol,sol,h,ledc,wb,hgl,mpl,ewe,hr
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JOYLAND
Other names : built as pass. & pkg frt steamer WILLIAM A HASKELL*
Official no. : C138108
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight sandsucker
Build info : 1884, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte hull #67
Specs : 250x37x25 1845gc 1070nc
Date of loss : 1926, Sep
Place of loss : Burnt Island, E of Manitoulin
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : stranded/fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded in shallows near the island, deemed too valueless to salvage and abandoned. She was peacefully just rotting away when she caught fire and burned to the waterline in the fall of 1930.
Stranded with $20,000 damage near Kingston, Ont., in Oct, 1920. Wrecked and declared a total loss near Clayton, NY, in 1922.
*renamed in 1916, when she was sold Canadian
Sources : do2,mmgl,atl,slh,ns4,mv,csv,dmt
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JOYS
Other names : none
Official no. : 76537
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steam barge
Build info : 1884, Milwaukee Shipyard Co., Milwaukee
Specs : 13x28x10, 268g 222n
Date of loss : 1898, Dec 24
Place of loss : west end of Sturgeon Bay Canal
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Menominee, Michigan, she had hove to in the canal to shelter and await better weather. Late that night she was discovered to be afire and her crew had to jump for it or burn. She burned through her moorings and began to drift down the river, but was captured and towed back to her moorings, where she burned to a total loss. Owned by Capt. Connelly and Mrs. C. Sheriff, Milwaukee. The hulk was later moved several times, ending up nar the Leatham & Smith Dock at Sturgeon Bay.
Sources : wgts,bb,mv,hcgl,hr
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JUDGE HART
Other names : none
Official no. : C146247
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1923, J.S. White & Co., Cowes, England
Specs : 253×43 1729gc
Date of loss : 1942, Nov 28
Place of loss : Ashburton Bay, North Shore
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : grain
Detail : Downbound, she struck a boulder and became lodged. She did not seem to be badly damaged, so it was decided to pull her straight off. When she came off the she rapidly filled and sank.
Sold Canadian about 1930.
Wreck located in 1990.
Sources : mmgl,csv,is,ns4,mpl,do2
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JULIA
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info :
Specs :
Date of loss : 1815, Oct 24 or 27
Place of loss : a half-day out of Niagara
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : about 30 [all]
Carrying : passengers, no cargo
Detail : Bound Niagara for Oswego, she reportedly capsized in a squall with the loss of all hands. About 20-30 men, women and children are supposed to have perished. Her wreckage washed up on the beach near Pultneyville a few days later. Newspapers blamed her lack of cargo or ballast for her capsizing. Owned by Matthew McNair, Oswego. Master: Capt. Snow.
Sources : nsp,rp,wmn
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JULIA
Other names :
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood (2-mast)
Build info : (1846, O.M. Hyde, Detroit)
Specs : (61x14x4, 33 t, om)
Date of loss : 1855, Aug 28
Place of loss : foot of Griswold St., Detroit
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lime
Detail : Had been used for hauling lime between Detroit and Malden, Ont. She was docked with a fresh load when she caught fire through spontaneous combustion of her cargoand a large hole was burned through her bottom, sinking her. Part of her rigging was recovered.
Owned by Mr. Sloan, Detroit.
Sources : nsp,(wl),wmn
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JULIA
Other names : none
Official no. : C72559
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1875, O’Meara, Smith’s Falls, Ont.
Specs : 89x20x8, 115g 108n
Date of loss : 1895, Jan 25
Place of loss : Wolfe Island
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
Detail : Burned to a total loss. Owned by Grant Horn of Wolfe Island.
Probably same vessel as reported sunk in a storm near the Point Petre Lighthouse, Nov 25, 1877.
Struck a pier in the dark at Oswego and sank Oct 23, 1883. Cargo a total loss but the vessel was recovered. Owned by Timothy Harbnett, Kingston.
JULIA was reported wrecked on Ford Shoal near Oswego in Nov, 1887. She was recovered soon after, but with significant damage. Owned by her master, Capt D. L. McDonald.
Sources : mmgl,h,win,hgl,rp,nsp,wl,mr
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JULIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 13762
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, L. Frazhor, Erin, MI
Specs : 58x14x4, 25 t.
Date of loss : 1884, Oct 8
Place of loss : Sand Beach(Harbor Beach), MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and wrecked. Document surrendered at Port Huron, Jan, 1887.
Sources : phr,mv,ppm
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JULIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 76240
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1881, G. Littleton, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 50x17x4 25g
Date of loss : 1898
Place of loss : near Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : ashore and wrecked.
Not to be confused with the Bay City-built yacht JULIA, wrecked near Harbor Beach in fall, 1896.
Sources : mv,slh,www,phr,hgl
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JULIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 76732
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1888, Fort Howard, WI
Specs : 71x19x4 47g 45n
Date of loss : 1905, Sep 2
Place of loss : Cedar Ford R., near Menominee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : posts
Detail : Stranded and wrecked in a storm while bound Escanaba for Menominee..
This is probably the vessel sunk off Little Sturgeon Bay, WI, Nov 10, 1900. No lives lost. Operated out of the same
area. Master and owner in 1900: Capt. Ole Olson.
Sources : mv,is,wgts
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JULIETTE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1867, McDonald, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 151 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 10
Place of loss : 3 mi off Madison, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all but 1
Carrying : grindstones
Detail : She foundered in a gale. The cook clung to the rigging for 13 hours until saved from shore. Out of Wallaceburg, property of Patterson & Co. Master: Capt. Albert Bassett(d). She was bound Vermilion, OH for Wallaceburg.
Sources : nsp,clu,hgl
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SOLOMON JUNEAU
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1837, J. Barber, Milwaukee
Specs : 73x19x7, 86 t. om
Date of loss : 1846, Nov
Place of loss : Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Drove ashore on the Milwaukee waterfront in a storm. Apparently spent the winter on the beach, and declared a total loss of $4000 the following April. Registered out of Detroit, but homeported at Milwaukee.
Aground in 1837, 1839 and 1843.
Sources : wls,wmn,wl,hgl
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JUNIETTA – See LAURA A. LEE
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JUNIOR
Other names : later SCOW #73
Official no. : 203279
Type at loss : propeller, wood, sandsucker
Build info : 1902, Riebolt, Water & Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI
Specs : 135x34x10, 339g 310n
Date of loss : 1915, May 9 (same date in 1918 also given, in error)
Place of loss : Cleveland harbor entrance
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 of 11
Carrying : ?
Detail : Struck the Cleveland breakwater in storm, capsized and sank. She was later raised and converted to a contruction barge.
Sources : eas,is,le(?),ns2,mpl,mv
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JUNIUS
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1845, Kingston, Ont. as a barge
Specs : 216 t.
Date of loss : 1866, Sep 13
Place of loss : on Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : black walnut lumber
Detail : She struck a bar, capsized and became a total loss while rounding to to make shelter behind the point. Her crew was saved by the schooner SEABIRD of Buffalo. Her trip had originated in Toledo.
Probably owned by M. Golding, Toronto.
Rebuilt from a barge to a schooner in 1852. Major repairs in 1863
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl,eas
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JUNO
Other names : none
Official no. : 13817
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Norman Sheldon, Black R., Oh
Specs : 54 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Jul 19
Place of loss : off Madison Dock, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was struck by a sudden squall and capsized, a total loss.
Also sunk at Cleveland in 1854.
Sources : hgl,wmn,mv,wmhs
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JUNO
Other names : none
Official no. : C90771
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1885, W. McDonnell, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 140x27x8 209gc 130nc
Date of loss : 1912, Nov
Place of loss : near Cobourg, Ont
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in relatively shallow water. Abandoned after being raised and towed into Bowmanville, Ont., where she was damaged by ice. stripped and abandoned in 1914.
Rebuilt and enlarged in 1895
Sources : mmgl,csv,do
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JUPITER
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1872, Detroit
Specs : 400 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Nov 27
Place of loss : near Vermilion Point, Upper Peninsula
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 or 8 [all]
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Wyandotte, Mich., she was driven ashore and wrecked by an arctic gale. Tow of steamer JOHN A. DIX with the schooner SATURN(qv), when towline parted. The hull was probably recovered. Owned by Capt. Eber Ward of Detroit. Master: Capt. Peter Howard(d).
Sources : is(4-73),lssc,gwgl,sol,lss,nsp
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JUPITER
Other names : none
Official no. : 12952
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, Stevens, Irving, NY
Specs : 138x26x10 253g 241n
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 15
Place of loss : about 15 mi east of Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : lumber
Detail : A steamer passed the JUPITER awash and with her crew atop her deckload in Thunder Bay and asked if she needed help. The crew declined, but later abandoned her as she sank. Her owner and three crew members launched a raft, while the rest of the crew took to the boat and landed near Tobermory, Ont. The raft was later found empty. Master: Capt. Hanson. Owner: W. D. Ragan, Port Huron.
Sources : nsp,slh,ns1,h,mv,phr,rsl,wmn
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JUPITER
Other names : none
Official no. : 571820
Type at loss : motor propeller fuel tanker
Build info : 1976, SBA Shipyards, Jennings, LA
Specs : 384 ft, 54,000 bbl capacity
Date of loss : 1990, Sep 16
Place of loss : Bay City, MI, Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 1*
Carrying : gasoline (1 million bbls)
Detail : Unloading at Leonard dock in Bay City when she shifted, breaking her loading line and causing sparks which ignited her cargo. Vessel burned for 2 days, with smoke visible over 40 miles. The burned out hulk was later scrapped. Owner: Cleveland Tankers, Inc., Cleveland.
*plus several injuries
Sources : nsp,mpl,noaa
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JURA
Other names : also seen in error as IURA
Official no. : C85411
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, J. Tait, Amherst Isl., Ont.
Specs : 85x20x8, 108gc 98nc
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 24
Place of loss : Main Duck Islands
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : barley
Detail : Stranded and wrecked, total loss. Out of St Catharines, owned by Chance.
Extensively rebuilt at Colbourne, Ont. by Shaw, 1865.
Reportedly built on the hull of the earlier schooner MARION, built in 1850 at Colborne, Ont., and reportedly wrecked at Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, in November of 1856.
Sources : clu,mmgl,win,mpl,blu(56),glmd
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JURA
Other names : none
Official no. : 13476
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1862, H. Kelly, Milan, OH
Specs : 129x25x10 228g 216n
Date of loss : 1911, Oct 4
Place of loss : lee of Beaver Islands, near Cross Village, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Seeking shelter from a storm, she went on a reef opposite Cross Village and was pounded to pieces.
Another(?) vessel of this name, built in 1862, was reported broken up off Pt. Traverse, Lake Ont., in 1862. THIS vessel went ashore in that year [on her maiden voyage] near Clay Banks, Lake Erie.
Sources : csqw,eas,slh,ns2,mv,mpl,rsl,ec
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