LACKAWANNA · total loss
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 221–222 · No. 960
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- Item 1: 1918 is typed but has pencil strike-through with '1919' written in pencil above it.
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- Item 2: A pencil marking 'bge' is visible beside the item number.
- A number 961 is written sideways on the far left film margin, not on the form itself.
- Form 2-1410 appears in the bottom right corner.
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Form header
- Running number
- 960
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 10, Port of NEW YORK, N Y
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D DEC 28 1921 ANS'D · 28 Dec 1921
- RECEIVED DEC 24 1921 MARINE DIVISION · 24 Dec 1921
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- ATLANTICTOTAL LOSSOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- LACKAWANNA · LIGHTER
- 6 · Official number
- 48464
- 3 · Tonnage
- 263 tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- 49
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 7 · Master and residence
- No Master
- 8 · Owner and residence
- F.S.Pendleton, 130 Pearl St
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- July 4, 1918 1919 2. AM.
- 24 · Locality
- Mystic, River, Conn.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- - - - - - - - - - → - - - - - - - - -
- 27 · Weather
- At night
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- - - - - - - - - - passengers, - - - - - - - - - crew, - - - - - - - - - persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 3,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Set on fire
26 · Cause, as written
Fire
Signature
- Signed by
- Jos L Moran · Atty
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- Dec. 22, 1921
- Place
- #130 Pearl Street, N.Y.
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- July 4, 1918 1919 2. AM.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- LIGHTER "LACKAWANNA" wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 263 tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- 49
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 6 · Official number
- 48464
- 7 · Master and residence
- No Master
- 8 · Owner and residence
- F.S.Pendleton, 130 Pearl St
- 9 · Sailed from
- - - - - - - - - -
- 10 · Bound for
- - - - - - - - - -
- 11 · Passengers
- - - - - - - - - -
- 12 · Crew
- - - - - - - - - -
- 13 · Persons lost
- - - - - - - - - -
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 3,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- No cargo
- 16 · Cargo
- " "
- 17 · Deck load
- - - - - - - - - -
- 18 · Overladen
- - - - - - - - - -
- 19 · Cargo weight
- - - - - - - - - -
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total loss
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- - - - - - - - - -
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- "
- 24 · Locality
- Mystic, River, Conn.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Set on fire
- 26 · Cause
- Fire
- 27 · Weather
- At night
- 28 · Measures taken
- Unknown
- 29 · Assistance
- Unknown
- 30 · Remarks
- This vessel was tied with three other barges, anchored in Mystic River and was set on fire and became a total loss.