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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Item 5 text is slightly unreadable due to handwriting, looks like an over-write. Provided best effort.
- A number 1915 is written in pencil to the right of item 4 label.
- A number 55871 is sideways in the top right margin.
- Item 23 text has a pencil strike-through.
Form header
- Running number
- 910
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 16, Port of Charleston, S.C.
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD RECEIVED MAR 31 1919 · 31 Mar 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Morlina
- Other numbers
- 55871
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Morlina · S/S, American
- 6 · Official number
- 212840Also written nearby: 1915
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2846 net 4576 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 9 years
- 5 · Port registered
- New York, N.Y. U.S.A.. (N.A.) (?) N. Y. U. S. A.. (?) New York, N.Y. U.S.A.
- 7 · Master and residence
- A. R. Robinson, U. S. N.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- N.O.T.S. Steamer Commercial S/S Co. N.Y. Owner
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 3/22/19 about 3.45 P.M., Saturday
- 24 · Locality
- Securely moored at head of Seaboard Air Line R.R. dock, Charleston, S.C.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Caleta Buena, Feb. 28th 1919. → Charleston, S.C.
- 27 · Weather
- Gentle breeze about 8 miles per hour Fine weather and broad daylight
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 77 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $2,000,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision. Italian Transport "Milano"
26 · Cause, as written
Unknown to me.
Signature
- Signed by
- Alfred H Robinson · Master U.S. "Nokois"
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- March 28th, 1919
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- 3/22/19 about 3.45 P.M., Saturday
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American S/S "Morlina" Steel
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2846 net 4576 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 9 years
- 5 · Port registered
- New York, N.Y. U.S.A.. (N.A.) (?) N. Y. U. S. A.. (?) New York, N.Y. U.S.A.
- 6 · Official number
- 212840
- 7 · Master and residence
- A. R. Robinson, U. S. N.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- N.O.T.S. Steamer Commercial S/S Co. N.Y. Owner
- 9 · Sailed from
- Caleta Buena, Feb. 28th 1919.
- 10 · Bound for
- Charleston, S.C.
- 11 · Passengers
- None.
- 12 · Crew
- 77
- 13 · Persons lost
- None.
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $2,000,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- 700,000
- 16 · Cargo
- Nitrate of Soda & Copper Ore
- 17 · Deck load
- No.
- 18 · Overladen
- No.
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 6800 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $40,000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Impossible to answer till cargo discharged.
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Unknown to me.
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Unknown to me.
- 24 · Locality
- Securely moored at head of Seaboard Air Line R.R. dock, Charleston, S.C.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision. Italian Transport "Milano"
- 26 · Cause
- Unknown to me.
- 27 · Weather
- Gentle breeze about 8 miles per hour Fine weather and broad daylight
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- The U.S.S. "Nokois" was securely moored to the head of the seaboard dock and while there was rammed by the Chilean transport "Maipo"