CHACO · stranding
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 120–121 · No. 914
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- A "FOREIGN" stamp appears diagonally across items 1-4 on the left side.
- A "STRANDING." stamp is over items 25 and 26 on the left side.
- The word "(Virgin Islands)" is handwritten over the answer area for items 24 and 25.
- Notary text and stamp at bottom with an additional signature.
- Stamp CUSTOM HOUSE SAN JUAN NOV 26 1918 RECEIVED
Form header
- Running number
- 914
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 49, Port of San Juan, Porto Rico.
- Received
- U S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC - 9 1918 ANS'D BY · 9 Dec 1918
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- CHACO · Str, Argentine
- 6 · Official number
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- 3 · Tonnage
- 2760 Tons Register
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1895
- 5 · Port registered
- Buenos Aires
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ernesto P. Morixe - Buenos Aires
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Argentine Government
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 4.20 A M. Wednesday, November 20 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Southwestern point Island St. Croix (Sandy point) (Virgin Islands) (Virgin Islands) is handwritten over the answer area for item 24 and 25.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Buenos Aires - October 30, 1918 → New York
- 27 · Weather
- Light wind, good weather and moonlight night
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 104 men crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
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25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Stranding
26 · Cause, as written
Accidentally on a reef not indicated on the chart. According to chart said reef was at 12 fathoms while the vessel was stranded at 3.1/2 fathoms
Signature
- Signed by
- E P Monse · Commanding officer
- Company or by
- Argentine Transport "Chaco"
- Date signed
- Nov 25, 1918
- Place
- San Juan P.R.
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- 4.20 A M. Wednesday, November 20 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Argentine (iron) Str "CHACO"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2760 Tons Register
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1895
- 5 · Port registered
- Buenos Aires
- 6 · Official number
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- 7 · Master and residence
- Ernesto P. Morixe - Buenos Aires
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Argentine Government
- 9 · Sailed from
- Buenos Aires - October 30, 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- New York
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 104 men
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
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- 15 · Value of cargo
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- 16 · Cargo
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- 17 · Deck load
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- 18 · Overladen
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- 19 · Cargo weight
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- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
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- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
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- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
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- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
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- 24 · Locality
- Southwestern point Island St. Croix (Sandy point) (Virgin Islands) (Virgin Islands) is handwritten over the answer area for item 24 and 25.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Stranding
- 26 · Cause
- Accidentally on a reef not indicated on the chart. According to chart said reef was at 12 fathoms while the vessel was stranded at 3.1/2 fathoms
- 27 · Weather
- Light wind, good weather and moonlight night
- 28 · Measures taken
- Casualty accidental, only ordinary measures of safety taken
- 29 · Assistance
- by the Argentine Transport "GUARDIA NACIONAL" until the "CHACO" was afloat
- 30 · Remarks
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