Tarantula · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 142–143 · No. 923
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- Item 1 date 'October 24, 1918' has a struck-through digit '4' after '2'.
- Item 14 'Ordnance, Material and Provisions' is typed below the line.
- Stamps 'AT SEA', 'TOTAL LOSS', 'COLLISION' are present on the page.
- Check marks are present next to items 2, 3, 4, 6.
- Handwritten note on left side before date/signature area: 'Data supplied by records of Court of Inquiry.'
- Signature name looks like 'E. B. Coyea' (or similar) over 'for C. Z. Arnold'.
Form header
- Running number
- 923
- Filed at
- —
- Received
- FEB 13 AM 11 03
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- AT SEATOTAL LOSSCOLLISION
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Tarantula · gas yacht, American
- 6 · Official number
- 210956
- 3 · Tonnage
- 159 gross, 90 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1913
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ens. Edw. Parsons Corning-USNRF
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. - New York City.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- October 24, 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Between New York and Halifax
- 9–10 · Voyage
- From Listening Station off New York. → To New York
- 27 · Weather
- Light Wind-Thick Fog-Heavy Swell-Dark Night.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, Two Officers. No. enlisted personnel unknown. crew, No lives lost persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $75,000.00 plus $4,777.62 for Ordnance, Material and Provisions.
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collided with Dutch S/S Frisia
26 · Cause, as written
Collided with S/S Frisia in thick fog.
Signature
- Signed by
- E. B. Coyea · for C. Z. Arnold
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- —
- Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- October 24, 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American gas yacht Tarantula (Steel)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 159 gross, 90 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1913
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 6 · Official number
- 210956
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ens. Edw. Parsons Corning-USNRF
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. - New York City.
- 9 · Sailed from
- From Listening Station off New York.
- 10 · Bound for
- To New York
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- Two Officers. No. enlisted personnel unknown.
- 13 · Persons lost
- No lives lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $75,000.00 plus $4,777.62 for Ordnance, Material and Provisions.
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- —
- 18 · Overladen
- —
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $79,777.62
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- —
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Unknown
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- —
- 24 · Locality
- Between New York and Halifax
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collided with Dutch S/S Frisia
- 26 · Cause
- Collided with S/S Frisia in thick fog.
- 27 · Weather
- Light Wind-Thick Fog-Heavy Swell-Dark Night.
- 28 · Measures taken
- Commanding Officer held re-sponsible.
- 29 · Assistance
- U.S.S.Montgomery and Mine Sweeper Widgeon sent to assistance but owing to fog could not locate TARANTULA.
- 30 · Remarks
- Vicinity of assigned location swept but no wreck could be found. Vessel remained afloat and drifted some distance after abandonment by crew.