DOTY, L.R.

Registry and Rig Information

Name DOTY, L.R.
Registry U.S.
Official Number 141272
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 291.00
Width 41.00
Depth 19.66
Gross Tonnage 2056.00
Net Tonnage 1709.00
Hull Material Wood
Hull Number 00097

Vessel History

Disposition Foundered on Lake Michigan, October 25, 1898, with all hands; seventeen lives lost. Had schooner OLIVE JEANETTE in tow, which was saved. Vessel was bound from Chicago for Midland, Ontario with cargo of corn. Wreckage was picked up about twenty-five miles off Kenosha, WI.

Build Information

Builder Wheeler, F.W. Shipbuilding Co.
Place Built West Bay City, MI
Date Built 1893-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Cuyahoga Transit Co. (W.A. Hawgood, Secretary)1893-00-001898-00-00U.S.141272