Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Crane, J. L. OTHER NAME(s): Theodore S. Fassett OFFICIAL NO: 145254 DATE OF LOSS: 5 November 1925 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Crisp Point RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Marine City, MI., - 1881 OWNER(S): O. W. Blodgett, Duluth MASTER: TONNAGE: 548 gt DIMENSIONS: 186.8 x 31.9 x 11.0 CASUALTIES: 7 SURVIVORS: 0 Oct. 1893 As THEODORE S. FASSETT, ashore near Cheboygan, Lake Michigan. 10 Nov. 1898 As THEODORE S. FASSETT, was in tow of steamer CURTIS, parted her towline during a heavy northwest gale and went ashore 7 miles south of the Sand Beach life-saving station, Lake Huron. Capt. Jerome Kiah and the Sand Beach life-savers took off the crew of 7 and the captain's young son. Heavy bottom damage. Rebuilt in 1899 by Davidson of West Bay City, MI. June 1907 As THEODORE S. FASSETT, ran on the reef at Rawley's Point, Lake Michigan. Got off. 25 Nov. 1925 Downbound from Pigeon River to Muskegon in tow of the 210 foot steamer HERMAN H. HETTLER when the towing post tore out of the steamer during a. Due to high seas running the HETTLER could not make the turn to pick up the barge. The J. L. CRANE was seen to ride up on a huge wave and then plunge to the bottom. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1900 - pp. 129 Beeson's Inland Marine Guide - 1891, 1892 The Marine Review, 11 May 1899 Merchant Vessel List - 1906, 1918, 1926 (loss) Marine Journal, Vol. 45, 1922 - pp. 21 Annual Report of Steamboat Inspection, 1926 - pp. 21 U.S. Congressional Serial Set, Issue 11244, 1949 - pp. 63 Annual Report Lake Carriers' Association, 1925 - pp. 25 Last updated 6 January 2015