Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: A. A. Parker OTHER NAME(s): Kasota (changed Feb., 1892) OFFICIAL NO: 14428 REASON: Foundered in gale DATE OF LOSS: 13 September 1903 LOCATION: Lake Superior, 4 miles off Grand Marias RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: T. Quayle & Son, Cleveland, OH., 1884 Launched at Cleveland, April 19, 1884 OWNER(S): Thomas Wilson et. al., Cleveland, OH 1884-1890 W. C. Richardson, Cleveland, OH 1890-1892 Pridgeon Transit Co., Detroit, MI 1892-1901 Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH 1901-1903 MASTER: - TONNAGE: 1,660.84 gt LENGTH: 246.9 ft (after rebuild 249.75 ft) BEAM: 38.2 ft DEPTH: 20.9 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 17 July 1890 - Nearly cut in half and sunk in collision with steamer CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit River. One life lost, Mrs. Sticney. Abandoned to insurance com- panies. Raised by Peter Falcon, under contract with the underwriters, at a cost of $25,000 and rebuilt at Detroit Dry Dock in fall of 1891. May, 1901 - aground in fog between Southwest Shoal and Pelee Island. Got off. 13 Sept 1903 - Foundered in a northeast gale 4 miles off Grand Marais, MI., Lake Superior. Crew rescued by Grand Marais Coast Guard. No lives lost. ======================================================================== Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, 18 July 1890 The Marine Review, 15 Oct 1891; 25 Feb 1892; 7 Jan 1892 Merchant Vessel List, 1895 Detroit Free Press, 6 May 1901; 20 Sept 1903 Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1903; p. 8