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- Item 5: The written text for items 5 and 6 appears to be mixed up or written strangely, but transcribed as it appears in the right hand column.
- Left margin note says '2551 gross 1528 net', entered in numbers_near_item_6.
- Bottom right margin has handwritten note 'Received & recorded', illegible initials.
Form header
- Running number
- 906
- Filed at
- No. 4 Collection District.
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD JUN 13 1919 ANS'D By · 13 Jun 1919
- Custom House, New Orleans, La. JUN 10 1919 · 10 Jun 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Bayou Teche
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Bayou Teche · Steamer
- 6 · Official number
- 217320Also written nearby: 2551, 1528
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1528 net 2551 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- Launched July 4 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans, La - 217320 (sic) written by item 6 instead of item 5 and vice versa. Text taken straight across: item 5 line says "New Orleans, La.", item 6 line says "217320"
- 7 · Master and residence
- E. E. Bigelow New York
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U. S. Shipping Board
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- June 4th 6.45 A.M. Wednesday 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Long Wharf, Boston, Mass.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- New York June 2 → Boston
- 27 · Weather
- Light Soust breze smooth sea.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- — passengers, 40 crew, — persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $650,000.
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision with Naval Patrol boat Halcyon
26 · Cause, as written
Engine failed to answer from Bridge
Signature
- Signed by
- E. E. Bigelow · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- Boston June 4, 1919
- Place
- Boston
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- June 4th 6.45 A.M. Wednesday 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Steamer "Bayou Teche". Wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1528 net 2551 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- Launched July 4 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans, La - 217320 (sic) written by item 6 instead of item 5 and vice versa. Text taken straight across: item 5 line says "New Orleans, La.", item 6 line says "217320"
- 6 · Official number
- 217320
- 7 · Master and residence
- E. E. Bigelow New York
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U. S. Shipping Board
- 9 · Sailed from
- New York June 2
- 10 · Bound for
- Boston
- 11 · Passengers
- —
- 12 · Crew
- 40
- 13 · Persons lost
- —
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $650,000.
- 15 · Value of cargo
- —
- 16 · Cargo
- Ballast
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $200.
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- —
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Unknown
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- —
- 24 · Locality
- Long Wharf, Boston, Mass.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision with Naval Patrol boat Halcyon
- 26 · Cause
- Engine failed to answer from Bridge
- 27 · Weather
- Light Soust breze smooth sea.
- 28 · Measures taken
- Let go anchor, shouted through speaking tout. to Engine room to reverse Engin
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- —