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    VESSEL NAME:   Francisco Morazan
    OTHER NAME(s): Arcadia, Empire Congress, Brunes, Skuld, Ringas,
                   Los Mayas
    OFFICIAL NO:   ? Liberian
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 November 1960
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Grounded 
    LOCATION:      South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, packaged & bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany, 1922
    OWNER(S):      Chris T. Trapezountios, West Indies Transport Co.,
                   Long Island, N.Y. & Monrovia, Liberia
    MASTER:        Capt. Edwardo Trivizas
    TONNAGE:       1,407 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    246 x 37 x 14
    CASUALTIES:    None
    
                   Downbound from Chicago with canned chicken, barrelled
                 lard, machinery, chemical products & other miscellaneous
                 freight when she was driven aground in a gale driven
                 snow storm. The captain, his wife and crew were taken
                 off by the Coast Guard. It was determined that the MORAZAN
                 was not worth salvaging and she was abandoned.


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Sources: Port Huron Times Herald, 30 November 1960
         Detroit Free Press, 30 November 1960
         Traverse City Record-Eagle, 3 December 1960
         Lansing State Journal, 1 January 1961
         Lansing State Journal, 29 August 1968