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    VESSEL NAME:   A. A. Parker
    OTHER NAME(s): Kasota (changed Feb., 1892)
    OFFICIAL NO:   14428
    REASON:        Foundered in gale
    DATE OF LOSS:  13 September 1903
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, 4 miles off Grand Marias
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       T. Quayle & Son, Cleveland, OH., 1884
                   Launched at Cleveland, April 19, 1884
    OWNER(S):      Thomas Wilson et. al., Cleveland, OH 1884-1890
                   W. C. Richardson, Cleveland, OH 1890-1892
                   Pridgeon Transit Co., Detroit, MI 1892-1901
                   Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH 1901-1903
    MASTER:        -
    TONNAGE:       1,660.84 gt
    LENGTH:        246.9 ft (after rebuild 249.75 ft)
    BEAM:           38.2 ft
    DEPTH:          20.9 ft
    CASUALTIES:      0
    SURVIVORS:

         17 July 1890 - Nearly cut in half and sunk in collision with
                        steamer CITY OF DETROIT, Detroit River. One life
                        lost, Mrs. Sticney. Abandoned to insurance com-
                        panies.  Raised by Peter Falcon, under contract
                        with the underwriters, at a cost of $25,000 and
                        rebuilt at Detroit Dry Dock in fall of 1891.

            May, 1901 - aground in fog between Southwest Shoal and Pelee
                        Island.  Got off.
                        
         13 Sept 1903 - Foundered in a northeast gale 4 miles off Grand
                        Marais, MI., Lake Superior.  Crew rescued by
                        Grand Marais Coast Guard.  No lives lost.

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Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, 18 July 1890
         The Marine Review, 15 Oct 1891; 25 Feb 1892; 7 Jan 1892
         Merchant Vessel List, 1895
         Detroit Free Press, 6 May 1901; 20 Sept 1903
         Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1903; p. 8