Forster · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 116–117 · No. 912
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Form header
- Running number
- 912
- Filed at
- Collection District No. _____, Port of Seattle. Wn.
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D MAR 27 1918 · 27 Mar 1918
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- Page 136
- Stamps on the form
- OTHER CAUSESAT SEA
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Forster · Steamer, American
- 6 · Official number
- —Also written nearby: 1918
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 1539 Gross 2552
- 4 · Age or year built
- New. Maiden Voyage
- 5 · Port registered
- Seattle (?) P I (?) - [illegible] (?) - Seattle (?) Wa (?)
- 7 · Master and residence
- Seattle Wn B.C. Fide (?)
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Emergency Fleet Corp
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- November 2nd 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Lat 40° 23' N or Long 136° 50' W
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Seattle Oct 25-1918 → Honolulu T.H.
- 27 · Weather
- Heavy wind & sea day light
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 48 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $600,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Rudder Stock carried away in heavy sea
26 · Cause, as written
Heavy weather
Signature
- Signed by
- Knell Tukeys · Manager Operating Department
- Company or by
- Frank Waterhouse & Company
- Date signed
- MAR 15 1919
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- November 2nd 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Freight Steamer "Forster"
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 1539 Gross 2552
- 4 · Age or year built
- New. Maiden Voyage
- 5 · Port registered
- Seattle (?) P I (?) - [illegible] (?) - Seattle (?) Wa (?)
- 6 · Official number
- Unknown to us
- 7 · Master and residence
- Seattle Wn B.C. Fide (?)
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Emergency Fleet Corp
- 9 · Sailed from
- Seattle Oct 25-1918
- 10 · Bound for
- Honolulu T.H.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 48
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $600,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $16,000.00
- 16 · Cargo
- Coal
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 1785.5 long tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Unknown to us
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None except a few tons burned for fuel
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Carried by US.
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Unknown to us
- 24 · Locality
- Lat 40° 23' N or Long 136° 50' W
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Rudder Stock carried away in heavy sea
- 26 · Cause
- Heavy weather
- 27 · Weather
- Heavy wind & sea day light
- 28 · Measures taken
- None could be taken
- 29 · Assistance
- ss "chino" stood by and convoyed vessel to destination
- 30 · Remarks
- —