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    VESSEL NAME:   Black Duck
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   2115
    REASON:        Foundered
    DATE OF LOSS:  26 July 1872
    LOCATION:      Lake Ontario, Mexico Bay
    RIG TYPE:      Sloop
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       ?
    OWNER(S):      ?, owned at Sackett's Harbor
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       21.65 gt
    LENGTH:        ?
    BEAM:          ?
    DEPTH:         ?
    CASUALTIES:    0    

         Not much is known about this vessel.  Mentioned in Oswego marine
         news as early as 1866.
         
         Left Cape Vincent on 26 July 1872 and foundered in Mexico Bay,
         in deep water, later that same day, being a total loss.

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Sources: "Old Shipping Days in Oswego", Leo J. Finn, 1972, p. 211
         Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1872, p. 694
         "History of the Great Lakes", Vol 1, Mansfield.
         Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871