Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2020
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

         Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Submitted by Linda Talbott
for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
=========================================================================
NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium
Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for
research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution
or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed
without the written permission of the author/submitter.

Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott
All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded.
===========================================================================

    VESSEL NAME:    R. J. Hackett
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    21934
    DATE OF LOSS:   12 November 1905
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Fire
    LOCATION:       Whaleback Shoal, Green Bay, WI
    RIG TYPE:       Steamer, 2 aux. masts
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Peck & Masters, Cleveland - 1869
    OWNER(S):       Capt. H. C. McCallum
    MASTER:         Capt. H. C. McCallum
    TONNAGE:        1,129.22 gt - 921.76 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     211.2 x 32.5 x 19.2
    CASUALTIES:     None of 13

                    The first steamer with 24" hatch centers and
                 continuous cargo holds, and was designed specifically
                 to carry iron ore. Originally 208 feet. she was
                 lengthened, and her hold depth increased in early 1881 at
                 a cost of about $8,000. Her unique design would be the
                 standard for lake freighters for the next 100 years.

                    Carrying 1,400 tons of coal for Marinette, WI., when
                 fire broke out in the boiler room. Capt. McCallum ran her
                 onto Whaleback Shoal and the crew took to the life-
                 boats. They were picked up by the fishing tug STEWART
                 EDWARD.
                 
                    Her final resting place was added to the National
                 Register of Historic Places in 1992 for her historic
                 significance in architecture / engineering.

 ========================================================================
Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1871,'74,'78, '81, '87, '88,
         Cleveland Herald, 18 May 1881
         Greenwood "Namesakes 1900-1909"
         Buffalo Evening News - 13 November 1905
         American Vessel Losses - 1906
         Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor - 1906
         National Register of Historic Places