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    VESSEL NAME:    William A. Young
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    82866
    DATE OF LOSS:   17 November 1911
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Foundered 
    LOCATION:       Lake Huron, between Middle and Thunder Bay Islands
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner, schooner barge
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        D. Lester, Marine City, MI., - 1883
    OWNER(S):       Robert C. Pringle
    MASTER:         Capt. Alex McLean
    TONNAGE:        434 gt, 413 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     165.1 x 30.4 x 11.4
    CASUALTIES:     None of 6
                    
                    Loaded with 870 tons of coal bound for Wisconsin when
                 she was caught up in a furious storm and sprang a leak.
                 The crew made it to shore in the yawl.
                    
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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1887, '88, '95, '97, 1909, 1912 (losses)
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884, 1891 (barge)
         New York Evening Post - 18 November 1911
         Chicago Sunday Tribune - 19 November 1911