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    VESSEL NAME:    Arlington
    OTHER NAME(s):  F. P Jones, Glencadam
    OFFICIAL NO:    (C) 138219
    DATE OF LOSS:   1 May 1940
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Foundered
    LOCATION:       Lake Superior, 12 1/2 mi. off Superior Shoals
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller, bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:      Steel
    BUILDER:        Detroit Shipbuilding Co., 1913
    OWNER(S):       Burke Towing & Salvage Co. Ltd., Midland, Ont. Can.
    MASTER:         Capt. Fred Burke, age 59
    TONNAGE:        1706 gt, 1059 nt (at build)
    DIMENSIONS:     244 x 43 x 21.66 (at build)
    CASUALTIES:     1 - Capt. Fred Burke.
    
                    ARLINGTON was loaded with wheat for Owen Sound when
                  it foundered in during a storm. Sixteen of her crew
                  were taken off by the Canadian steamer COLLINGWOOD
                  which had been following her. Capt. Fred Burke
                  reportedly refused to leave his ship and waved to 
                  his crew from the pilot house. ARLINGTON was without
                  wireless equipment at the time.
                  
                    F. P. JONES (off. # 211084) was sold Canadian in 1919
                  renamed GLENCADAM with official no. 138219. Renamed
                  ARLINGTON after sale in 1925 to Matthews Steamship Co.
                  Ltd. Sold to Burke Towing in 1936.


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Sources: The Evening News (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) 2 May 1940
         Detroit Free Press, 3 May 1940
         Lansing State Journal, 2 May 1940
         News-Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI., - 2 May 1940
         Herald-Press, St. Joseph, MI - 2 May 1940
         Port Huron Times Herald, 2 May 1940
         Ludington Daily News, 2 May 1940
         Vessel Registry Books of the Dominion, 1933
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, BGSU