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    VESSEL NAME:   William Aldrich
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   26362
    DATE OF LOSS:  7 June 1916
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Point Epoufette
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI - 1856
    OWNER:         Capt. George W. Cota, Menominee, MI
    MASTER:        Same
    TONNAGE:       194.50 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    100 x 25 x 8.75
    CASUALTIES:    0 of 6

                   November 1, 1856 - ashore at Manitou Island

                   June 1, 1857 - Ashore at Two Rivers, Lake Michigan

                   January, 1864 - Damaged at Milwaukee when
                   run into by the schooner SAILOR BOY

                   May, 1874 - Collision with propeller MISSOURI
                   at Chicago.

                   November, 1891 - Bow crushed in by collision with
                   a the barge PARANA near Bailey's Harbor. One crewman,
                   Erik Anderson, killed. Towed to Sturgeon Bay for
                   repairs.

                   May, 1897 - Collision, ran into car ferry #1 at
                   Sturgeon Bay.

                   June 7, 1916 - Stranded at Davenport, MI., in a
                   southeast gale. Total loss. Crew taken off by the
                   gasoline boat VIOLETTE out of Epoufette.

       REBUILD: 1875: 120 x 26 x 7.75 = 191 gross tonnage
                1904: 123.58 x 25.16 x 7.75 = 177 gross tonnage

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Sources: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
         U.S. Merchant Vessel List, 1913
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 31 January, 1857
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 28 January, 1858
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 20 January 1864
         Green Bay Press-Gazette - 4 November 1891
         Detroit Free Press - 4 November 1891
         Buffalo Evening News - 3 May 1897
         Merchant Vessel List - 1900
         The Sheboygan Press - 27 June 1916