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Ida Mea · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 193–194 · No. 947

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Report of Casualty, Ida Mea, page 193

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Reader’s notes on the scan

  • Handwritten entries for items 3 and 4 override the typed or absent values.
  • Form 2692 page 1 only.
  • Signature name is illegible.

Form header

Running number
947
Filed at
Collection District No. 1 , Port of Machias, Maine.
Received
  • U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC 20 1920 ANS'D · 20 Dec 1920
Vessel name written at top
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Other numbers
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Stamps on the form
ATLANTICOTHER CAUSES

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Ida Mea · Gas.S., Am.
6 · Official number
100778
3 · Tonnage
6 Gross Net 5
4 · Age or year built
18 yrs.
5 · Port registered
Machias, Maine
7 · Master and residence
Maurice V. Guptill, Machiasport, Me.
8 · Owner and residence
Booth Fisheries Sardine Co.

Casualty

1 · Date
July 15, Wed. 1918.
24 · Locality
No.
9–10 · Voyage
Machiasport, Me. July 15, 1918. → Bucksharbor, Me.
27 · Weather
No.
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, One crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$125.

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Abandoned.

26 · Cause, as written

Unfit for use.

Signature

Signed by
I A [illegible] · Agt
Company or by
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Date signed
Dec 24 1920
Place
Machiasport Me.
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
July 15, Wed. 1918.
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Am. Gas.S. Ida Mea, Wood.
3 · Tonnage
6 Gross Net 5
4 · Age or year built
18 yrs.
5 · Port registered
Machias, Maine
6 · Official number
100778
7 · Master and residence
Maurice V. Guptill, Machiasport, Me.
8 · Owner and residence
Booth Fisheries Sardine Co.
9 · Sailed from
Machiasport, Me. July 15, 1918.
10 · Bound for
Bucksharbor, Me.
11 · Passengers
No.
12 · Crew
One
13 · Persons lost
No.
14 · Value of vessel
$125.
15 · Value of cargo
No.
16 · Cargo
No.
17 · Deck load
No.
18 · Overladen
No.
19 · Cargo weight
No.
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
Total
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
No.
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
No.
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
No.
24 · Locality
No.
25 · Nature of casualty
Abandoned.
26 · Cause
Unfit for use.
27 · Weather
No.
28 · Measures taken
No.
29 · Assistance
No.
30 · Remarks
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