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    VESSEL NAME:   Young Hickory
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   27540
    DATE OF LOSS:  31 Oct 1877
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Clay Banks
    RIG TYPE:      Steamer, paddle
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       at Sandusky - 1864
    OWNER(S):      Home port - Sandusky, OH
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       61 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    82 x ? x ?
    CASUALTIES:    1  (William McAlpin, engineer)
    
                   Carrying cord word from Rondeau to Detroit. Sprung
                 a leak in heavy winds and sunk.


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Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1878
         Merchant Vessel List - 1868, '71, '74
         Sandusky Commercial Register - 4 June 1877
         Cleveland Herald - 5 Nov 1877