The Wreck Files

Luza A. · total loss

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 223–224 · No. 196

FitOpen ↗
Report of Casualty, Luza A., page 223

Zoom in, then drag to pan. Ctrl or ⌘ + scroll, or pinch, zooms at the cursor.

Reader’s notes on the scan

  • A large handwritten note is written vertically across items 7-26: 'Abandoned as unfit for further service as a steam screw vessel Sept, 10, 1918'
  • The text '21 gross' with a checkmark is written between the printed prompts for items 3 and 4.
  • A checkmark is written between items 4 and 5.
  • A checkmark is written between items 5 and 6.
  • Item 30 text contains struck-through words.
  • Part of previous page visible on left side.

Form header

Running number
196
Filed at
Collection District No. 15, Port of Wilmington, N. C.
Received
  • REC'D DEC 27 1921 ANS'D · 27 Dec 1921
Vessel name written at top
—
Other numbers
—

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Luza A. · St. Sc., Amer.
6 · Official number
214855Also written nearby: 21 Gross
3 · Tonnage
Net 14
4 · Age or year built
Built in 1917
5 · Port registered
Wilmington, N. C., 214,855 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Abandoned as unfit- for further service as a steam screw vessel Sept, 10, 1918
7 · Master and residence
—
8 · Owner and residence
—

Casualty

1 · Date
Sept 10, 1918
24 · Locality
—
9–10 · Voyage
—
27 · Weather
—
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
—
14 · Value of vessel
—

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

—

26 · Cause, as written

—

Signature

Signed by
M M Haney
Company or by
1216 South 3rd Wilmington, N.C
Date signed
September The 6th, 1921
Place
Wilmington, N. C.
Show all 30 items

Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
Sept 10, 1918
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Amer. St. Sc. "Luza A." wood
3 · Tonnage
Net 14
4 · Age or year built
Built in 1917
5 · Port registered
Wilmington, N. C., 214,855 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Abandoned as unfit- for further service as a steam screw vessel Sept, 10, 1918
6 · Official number
214,855
7 · Master and residence
—
8 · Owner and residence
—
9 · Sailed from
—
10 · Bound for
—
11 · Passengers
—
12 · Crew
—
13 · Persons lost
—
14 · Value of vessel
—
15 · Value of cargo
—
16 · Cargo
—
17 · Deck load
—
18 · Overladen
—
19 · Cargo weight
—
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
—
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
—
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
—
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
—
24 · Locality
—
25 · Nature of casualty
—
26 · Cause
—
27 · Weather
—
28 · Measures taken
—
29 · Assistance
—
30 · Remarks
St Screws called Inza a has [illegible] been abandoned her engien and Boilor tack out her hull being used for a wood Barge This was don in 1918 september 10