Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: H. C. Ackley OTHER NAME(s): (sometimes seen with var. spellings; Akley, Akeley, &c.) OFFICIAL NO: 95639 DATE OF LOSS: 13 November 1883 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, between Holland & Grand Haven RIG TYPE: Propeller, HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: John Callister, Grand Haven, MI - 1881 OWNER(S): T. W. Kirby & H. C. Ackley, Grand Haven, MI MASTER: Capt. Edward Stretch TONNAGE: 1,187 gt DIMENSIONS: 231.6 x 35.1 x 18.7 CASUALTIES: 6 SURVIVORS: 11 Loaded with grain from Chicago to Buffalo when severe weather set in, stripping her of her sails. Regardless of her damages she attempted to help the tug PROTECTION which was in distress off Racine. The tug slipped the line and the ACKLEY, now filling with water, settled quickly. The crew jumped as she sank beneath their feet and eleven were rescued by the schooner DRIVER. ======================================================================== Sources: Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes," Vol. I, p. 739 Mills, Rodney H. "Wooden Steamers on the Great Lakes," p. 69 Devendorf, John F. "Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985," p. Swayze, David D. "Shipwreck!," 1992, p. 16 Last Updated 6 July 2014