Moonlight (ship)
Schooner that sank in Lake Superior
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United StatesThe Moonlight, ashore near Marquette, Michigan. | |
| 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 |
| Notes | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 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 |
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
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]
