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    VESSEL NAME:   Barbara Lyn
    OTHER NAME(s): Sumter
    OFFICIAL NO:   276723
    DATE OF LOSS:  1 October 1990
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, off Huron City
    RIG TYPE:      Tug, propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Aluminum
    BUILDER:       in Alabama, 1958
    OWNER(S):      Ryba Marine Construction, Cheboygan, MI
    MASTER:        Capt. Joseph Ross
    TONNAGE:       51 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    51.16 x 17 x 6.42
    CASUALTIES:    1 (Capt. Ross)
    SURVIVORS:     3

                   Capsized in heavy weather while towing two construction
                barges loaded with dredging equipment.
                
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Sources: Newsletter - Lake Huron Lore Marine Society, Oct. 2000
         Great Lakes Vessel Index, Bowling Green State University