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Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 272–273 · No. 13
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- Item 5 has handwritten 'Cordova, Alaska' beside the printed question.
- Item 6 has typed digits crossed out and replaced with handwritten '209042'.
- Item 25 'FOUNDERING' is typed but crossed out. Another stamp 'OTHER CAUSES' is applied over it, and handwritten text 'Sank in storm' is added nearby.
- In item 30, the phrase 'this vessel' was typed, struck out, and retyped.
Form header
- Running number
- 13
- Filed at
- Port of Cordova, Alaska
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D JUL 21 1919 ANS'D By · 21 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- PACIFICOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Alpha · ga.s., U.S.
- 6 · Official number
- 209042
- 3 · Tonnage
- 9 gross 7 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1911 (8 years)
- 5 · Port registered
- Juneau, Alaska
- 7 · Master and residence
- William Fogelstedt, Cordova, Alaska
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Alaska Sea Food Co., Cordova, "
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Spring of 1919
- 24 · Locality
- At point north Alaska Sea Food cannery
- 9–10 · Voyage
- No information → No information
- 27 · Weather
- No information
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, no crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $3000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Foundering
26 · Cause, as written
Severe storm
Signature
- Signed by
- O W Anderson · Cashier,
- Company or by
- Alaska Sea Food Co.
- Date signed
- June 30, 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Spring of 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- U.S. ga.s. Alpha, wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 9 gross 7 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1911 (8 years)
- 5 · Port registered
- Juneau, Alaska
- 6 · Official number
- 209042
- 7 · Master and residence
- William Fogelstedt, Cordova, Alaska
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Alaska Sea Food Co., Cordova, "
- 9 · Sailed from
- No information
- 10 · Bound for
- No information
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- None
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $3000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- None
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $1500.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- No information
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- At point north Alaska Sea Food cannery
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Foundering
- 26 · Cause
- Severe storm
- 27 · Weather
- No information
- 28 · Measures taken
- No information
- 29 · Assistance
- No information
- 30 · Remarks
- This vessel is now owned and operated by the Alaska Sea Food Co. who took over the assets of the old Alaska Sea Food Co. and this vessel in its wrecked condition was among the other assets. This boat has been in a wrecked condition since the spring of 1917, until the spring of 1919, when it was overhauled and made seaworthy again. According to all information available, this boat was anchored and no one on it at the time it was wrecked.