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Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection
Original name: Charles F. Gordon

Other name(s): J. O. Webster; J.T. Wing; Oliver H. Perry

Ship owner: A.L. Stockwell; Chippewa Timber Co.; Detroit Historical Commission; J.T. Wing; R.G. Beazley; Webster Marine Inc.

Ship builder: Beazley Brothers, Weymouth, Massachusetts

Year ship built: 1919

Final disposition: Stranded In Norwalk Island, CT on May 13, 1931 and salvaged and redocumented in 1935. Burned at Belle Isle in 1959 for removal.

Notes:

Out of documentation in 1931-1935 and after 1939.

b) J.O. Webster (US. 223574)

c) J.T. Wing (1936)

d) Oliver H. Perry (c. 1938)

e) J.T. Wing (G. Piggott, manager) (c. 1940)

Remarks:

Owners:

1) R.G. Beazley, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2) Webster Marine, Inc.;Miami, Florida (1924)

3) A.L.Stockwell, Boston, Massachusetts (1926)

4) Chippewa Timber Co., Soo, Michigan

5) J.T. Wing Co., Detroit, Michigan (G. Piggott, mgr.)

6) Detroit Historical Comm. (1948)

Registry number: C.141455;U.S.223574

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Schooner

Height: 14 ft.

Width: 33.5 ft.

Length: 140.5 ft.

Gross tonnage: 431

Net tonnage: 373

Materials: Wood

Engine type: None

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