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    VESSEL NAME:    Josephine Dresden
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    12756
    DATE OF LOSS:   27 November 1907
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Ashore 
    LOCATION:       Lake Michigan, N. Manitou Island
    RIG TYPE:       Aux. Schooner, 2 mast, two gas engines, twin screw
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        John Betts, Michigan City, IN - 1852
    OWNER(S):       ?
    MASTER:         ?
    TONNAGE:        84 gt, 80 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     95 x 21.16 x 6.16
    CASUALTIES:     None of 4
    
                
                    On 23 July, 1907, while at Sheboygan, WI., 250
                  gallons of of gasoline on the JOSEPHINE DRESDEN 
                  exploded killing Arabel Olson, the engineer, and badly
                  injuring G. M. Hanson, a member of the crew.
                    On 11 September, 1907, she sprang a heavy leak and
                  came into Ludington harbor waterlogged with her crew
                  exhausted from pumping.
                  
                  finally....
                  27 November 1907 - Anchored near the beach on the W.
                  side of N. Manitou Island with an offshore SE wind
                  for the purpose of discharging cargo. Wind suddenly
                  shifted to NW and she stranded when the gasoline
                  engines failed to work promptly. Life savers from
                  both stations, with the aid of tugs, attempted to
                  work her up onto the beach for days following. The
                  owner finally gave up hope of saving her on December
                  4th.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1903, 1908 (losses)
         Green Bay Gazette - 23 July 1907
         The Buffalo Courier, 21 December 1907
         Annual Report of the USLSS - 1908