101 (barge)

American ship Barge 101.jpg Whaleback Barge 101 Whaleback Barge 101 United States United States merchant Alexander McDougall United States civil, Duluth, Minnesota American Steel Barge Company, Duluth, Minnesota 101 June 23, 1888 U.S. Registry #53249 1888 December 3, 1908 Lost with all hands 30 miles off Seal Island in the Atlantic Ocean First Whaleback ever built Barge *428.30 gross 412.32 net 178 ft m on 25.1 ft m on 12.7 ft m on Towed by a steam-powered freighter 1,200 tons 7 101 was an American whaleback barge that was usually towed by a steam driven freighter or a tugboat. She was significant as she was the first whaleback freighter ever built. She had a length of 178-feet a beam of 25.1 feet, and a depth of 12.7 feet.http://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/vessel/view/007895 0101 Bowling State Green University 24 January 2018 History Whaleback Barge 101 was built by the American Steel Barge Company of Duluth, Minnesota, while her cylindrical bow and her stern was built by Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington, Delaware. She was launched as hull #101 on June 23, 1888. There is a story that as Barge 101 was being launched in Duluth, McDougall's wife Emmelin said to her sister in law, "There goes our last dollar".https://books.google.com/books?id=snP9T7QYs1oC&q=whaleback+barge+101&pg=PA7 McDougall's Great Lakes Whalebacks 9780738551432 24 January 2018 Zoss Neel R. 2007 Arcadia This was because McDougall had trouble finding investors for this unusual ship. With no investors, he had to spend his own money on building and financing the building of these vessels. In 1889, Barge 101 was lengthened by the American Steel Barge Company of Superior, Wisconsin to 191-feet in length.http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/wilson/wilwf.php Thomas Wilson Shipwreck Mnhs 24 January 2018 25 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015846/http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/wilson/wilwf.php dead She grounded at Lime Kiln, near Detroit in April 1892, and immediately was filled with water. Workers started raising her shortly after the incident. In 1903 she was sold to the Barret Manufacturing Company for ocean service. In 1906 she was purchased by the Coast Transit Company of New Jersey. On December 3, 1908 Barge 101 was in the tow of the tugboat John Hughes when she was lost with all hands 30 miles north of Seal Island. She was bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cargo of tar at the time of the loss.https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tbnms1ic/x-164185.164806/0164185_009_F_101.TIF?lastkey=vessel_name;lastpage=browse;lastvalue=101;size=50;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry 101; 1888; Barge; US53249 Great Lakes Maritime Database 24 January 2018 References Category:1888 ships Category:Whaleback ships Category:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean Category:Ships lost with all hands Category:Ships built in Duluth, Minnesota