Detroit · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 270–271 · No. 10
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- Clerk wrote '1166 gross 1101 net' and 'Balto., Md.' in pencil on the left side of items 3 and 5.
- Form 2692, page 1 only.
- Item 30 is blank.
- Signature name/role/company fields interpreted as best readable.
Form header
- Running number
- 10
- Filed at
- Collection District No. _____, Port of New Orleans La
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D JUL 26 1919 ANS'D · 26 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Detroit (T)
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- ATLANTICTOTAL LOSSCOLLISION
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Detroit · Schooner barge, American
- 6 · Official number
- 211920Also written nearby: 1166, 1101
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1800 D.W. 1166 Gross 1101 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- built 1893
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt Chas N Smith New Orleans La
- 8 · Owner and residence
- West India Sugar Corp. Baltimore Md
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 8 a.m. Sunday apl 27th 1919
- 24 · Locality
- South Pass Mississippi River
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Manzanillo Cuba Monday apl 21 - 1919 → New Orleans
- 27 · Weather
- no wind day light
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, ten crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision - with S.S. Augusta of New Orleans which vessel was towing the Detroit.
26 · Cause, as written
S.S. Augusta in backing away from collision with French Schooner collided with Detroit sinking her.
Signature
- Signed by
- West India Sugar Corporation by H a Singley V Preat · V Preat
- Company or by
- West India Sugar Corporation by H a Singley
- Date signed
- July 28st , 1919
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- 8 a.m. Sunday apl 27th 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American - Schooner barge - Detroit - Steel
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1800 D.W. 1166 Gross 1101 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- built 1893
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans
- 6 · Official number
- 211920
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt Chas N Smith New Orleans La
- 8 · Owner and residence
- West India Sugar Corp. Baltimore Md
- 9 · Sailed from
- Manzanillo Cuba Monday apl 21 - 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- New Orleans
- 11 · Passengers
- none
- 12 · Crew
- ten
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- molasses in bulk $18,000
- 16 · Cargo
- molasses in bulk
- 17 · Deck load
- no
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- about 1800 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- total loss $100,000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- total loss $18,000
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $29,200
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- $18,000
- 24 · Locality
- South Pass Mississippi River
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision - with S.S. Augusta of New Orleans which vessel was towing the Detroit.
- 26 · Cause
- S.S. Augusta in backing away from collision with French Schooner collided with Detroit sinking her.
- 27 · Weather
- no wind day light
- 28 · Measures taken
- barge could not avoid collision having no power & no room to maneuver. she was in tow of the augusta.
- 29 · Assistance
- S.S. Augusta rendered assistance
- 30 · Remarks
- —