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    VESSEL NAME:   Frank O'Connor
    OTHER NAME(s): City of Naples, renamed in 1916
    OFFICIAL NO:   126899
    DATE OF LOSS:  2 October 1919
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 2.6 mi NNE of Cana Island, WI
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freighter
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       James Davidson, West Bay City, MI - 1892
    OWNER(S):      O'Connor Transportation Co., Tonawanda, N.Y.
    MASTER:        Capt. Wm. J. Hayes (son-in-law of owner, James O'Connor)
    TONNAGE:       2,340 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    301 x 42.5 x 22.8
    CASUALTIES:    1 of 21 (Samuel Crockard, of Buffalo, first mate.)

                   Bound Buffalo to Milwaukee with 3,000 tons of coal.
                Fire was discovered in her forepeak at about 4 a.m. when
                off Cana Island, near the tip of Wisconsin's Door
                Peninsula. Her crew was rescued by the coast guard crew
                from Bailey's harbor.
                   Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
                1994. Two seasonal mooring buoys, northern at her bow and
                southern at the engine, mark her remains.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1917, 1920
         Buffalo Morning Express - 27 April 1916
         The Evening Sentinel (Milwaukee) - 3 October 1919
         The Evening News, N. Tonawanda, N.Y. - 5 December 1919
           *Note: gives the name of first mate and "who has since died."*
         Buffalo Courier - 21 February 1920
         Swayze, David D. "Shipwreck!"  - 1992