Moonlight (shipwreck)
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| The 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 |
| Status: | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 |
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| 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] She sank in September 1903 in a storm while hauling iron ore out of Ashland, Wisconsin. Being used as a tow barge, the Moonlight was being pulled by a steamer named Volunteer. Both ships were loaded with iron ore in Ashland, and were headed for their destination when a violent storm erupted, and busted the seams of the Moonlight's hull.[4]
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