Schooner NORTHERNER Capsized off Port Ulao
On November 28, 1868, the two masted schooner NORTHERNER capsized off Port Ulao. While loading wood at the pier in Amsterdam, she was pounded heavily. It was discovered when she left for the open water that she was leaking badly. The captain sailed her to the pier at Port Washington where they attempted to lighten her by removing the deck load. The propeller CUYAHOGA was hired to tow the NORTHERNER to Milwaukee for repairs. Unfortunately she began to fill with water, capsized and had to be abandoned. Her crew was rescued by the CUYAHOGA.
Long Ships Passing – CORT’s unique ferris wheel
The STEWART J. CORT’s 3rd mate stands a watch in the control room of the CORT’s unique “ferris wheel” unloading rig, Burns Harbor, Indiana, January 2014.
Long Ships Passing – Shipboard holidazzle
An old-fashioned steamboat Thanksgiving at the crew mess of the SOUTHDOWN CHALLENGER as they are downbound on Lake Michigan, November 2004.
Long Ships Passing – Turkeys around the Table
The galley department setting the crew mess for Thanksgiving dinner on the EDWARD L. RYERSON while upbound on Lake Superior, November 2006.
LITTLE TOOT HAS MADE A LITTLE KID HAPPY
Readers of this blog are familiar with the saga of Little Toot. During the pandemic, Executive Director Suzette Lopez heard about an elementary school that had launched a small model boat into Lake Superior. She asked if WMHS would consider such a project.
Surfmen Helped Sack and Transfer the Cargo of Grain
On November 14, 1887, the Captain of the small Canadian schooner SARAH requested assistance from the keeper of the Charlotte Life Saving Station as his ship had run ashore during a snow storm. The following is from the US Life Saving Service Annual Report of 1888 and details how the ship was assisted. It will remind you of how things were done in 1887. The fact that the surfmen helped sack and transfer the cargo of grain tells what an effort it was to lighten the load and float the SARAH.
Long Ships Passing – Bosun Sounds
The bosun sounds ST. MARYS CHALLENGER‘s cargo hold, 0430, loading at Charlevoix, Michigan, November, 2004.
Below on the SWEEPSTAKES
On September 24, 1867, the two masted schooner SWEEPSTAKES was launched at Wellington Square, Ontario, by William Bunten and John Waldie. A large number of spectators witnessed this fine vessel taking to the water. She was valued at $12,000 and measured 124 feet in length, 24.5 feet in beam and 8 feet 4 inches in hold.
While loaded with coal, the SWEEPSTAKES was damaged off Cove Island in August 1885. Although damaged, she was towed to the head of Big Tub Harbour off Tobermory, Ontario. Repairs were not made in time and she sunk there in September.
GEORGE STEINBRENNER III AND HIS LEGACY Final Chapter
Because this is an article about marine history, I will let this summation of his career as owner of the Yankees from his obituary on the Find A Grave website tell the tale:
“In 1973 he and a group of minority investors bought the Yankees from William S. Paley and the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation, which had been trying to sell the team since 1965. George Steinbrenner then infused a team that had a decade of little success with a new direction and uncompromising focus on winning, which he and fans had seen as part of the long Yankee tradition that had fallen by the wayside under CBS ownership.
“He authorized paying large salaries to top free agents, and to paying exceptional home grown talent with long terms deals to keep a consistent winning structure and mentality in the organization. This formula produced for the Yankees 11 American League Pennants and 7 World Series championships (1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009). His ability to pay more than many other teams for talent, and his willingness to do so sparked much criticism during his tenure.”
THE DEATH OF AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING Chapter Thirteen
By James Heinz
It may have been fitting that George Steinbrenner III, the man who saved AmShip, was also the one to destroy it. His two year suspension from baseball gave George III time to turn his attention back to AmShip. And he did not like what he saw.
In 1976 George III moved to Tampa, Florida. He said it was for his and his wife’s health but the reality was that he was embarrassed at being stared at as a convicted felon on the streets of Cleveland. He also had another reason.