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    VESSEL NAME:   Abiah
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  1 September 1854
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, about 10 miles off Sheboygan, WI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       C. Stevens, Irving, N.Y.
    OWNER(S):      ?
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:    353 t.
    LENGTH:        134 ft
    BEAM:           27 ft
    DEPTH:          11 ft
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   3
    
                  Struck by a squall and capsized while bound Chicago
              for Oconto, WI., in ballast.  Captain & crew rescued by
              the schooner L. LUDDINGTON.
              
                  Records sometimes call her a brig, but more frequently
              a schooner.    

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Sources: Tonnage of the Lakes - 1849
         Buffalo Democracy - 9 September 1854
         Merchants Magazine and Commercial Review, vol. 30 - 1854
         Rogers' Marine Telegraphic List of Merchant Vessels - 1855
         Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review - 1855