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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Rubber stamps 'ATLANTIC' and 'STRANDING.' present.
- Checkmarks in pencil next to items 2-6.
Form header
- Running number
- 9
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 11, Port of PHILADELPHIA, PA.
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D JUL 26 1919 ANS'D By · 26 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- AUGUSTINE · Tug, American
- 6 · Official number
- 204906
- 3 · Tonnage
- 159 Gross - 88 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1908
- 5 · Port registered
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt. M. C. Woolford, Baltimore, Md.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Phila., Pa.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- About 12:15 A.M., March 28th, 1919.
- 24 · Locality
- Lewes, Delaware, inside Breakwater
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Norfolk, Virginia, March 26th, 1919. → New York, N. Y., and Providence, R. I.
- 27 · Weather
- Blowing a gale, stormy night
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 14 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $150,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Grounding
26 · Cause, as written
Dragged anchor in gale
Signature
- Signed by
- R. C. Moore · Traffic Manager.
- Company or by
- SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Date signed
- July 24th 1919.
- Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- About 12:15 A.M., March 28th, 1919.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Wooden Tug "AUGUSTINE"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 159 Gross - 88 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1908
- 5 · Port registered
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- 6 · Official number
- 204906
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt. M. C. Woolford, Baltimore, Md.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Phila., Pa.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Norfolk, Virginia, March 26th, 1919.
- 10 · Bound for
- New York, N. Y., and Providence, R. I.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 14
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $150,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- No Cargo
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- None
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $2500.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- Lewes, Delaware, inside Breakwater
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Grounding
- 26 · Cause
- Dragged anchor in gale
- 27 · Weather
- Blowing a gale, stormy night
- 28 · Measures taken
- Tug was at anchor, but force of wind caused her to drag anchor.
- 29 · Assistance
- Tug "NORTH AMERICA" pulled on her at first, but she was finally floated by Coast Guard Cutter "MORRELL".
- 30 · Remarks
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