Maine · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 58–59 · No. 881
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Form header
- Running number
- 881
- Filed at
- Collection District No. , Port of
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D NOV 13 1919 By ANS'D · 13 Nov 1919
- CUSTOM HOUSE, NEW YORK RECEIVED NOV 11 1919 FIRST DIVISION · 11 Nov 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- AT SEAOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Maine · steamer, American
- 6 · Official number
- 215581
- 3 · Tonnage
- net 4804 Gross 6457
- 4 · Age or year builtCheck scan
- Launched May 24/17
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 7 · Master and residence
- J M Lane S.S. Maine
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U.S. Shipping Board
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Saturday May 17/19 3.51 PM
- 24 · Locality
- Lat 48-10' N Long 21-47 W
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Baltimore May 6/19 → Rotterdam
- 27 · Weather
- Gentle breeze, light swell clear & partly cloudy.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 45 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- #
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Lost three propellor blades & one section Shaft Cracked
26 · Cause, as written
No Visible Causes except defective material in Construction
Signature
- Signed by
- JH Sanc · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- Nov 11. 1919.
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Saturday May 17/19 3.51 PM
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American steamer "Maine", iron
- 3 · Tonnage
- net 4804 Gross 6457
- 4 · Age or year builtCheck scan
- Launched May 24/17
- 5 · Port registered
- New York
- 6 · Official number
- 215581
- 7 · Master and residence
- J M Lane S.S. Maine
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U.S. Shipping Board
- 9 · Sailed from
- Baltimore May 6/19
- 10 · Bound for
- Rotterdam
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 45
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- #
- 15 · Value of cargo
- 800,000
- 16 · Cargo
- Grain
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 7000 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- —
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- —
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- —
- 24 · Locality
- Lat 48-10' N Long 21-47 W
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Lost three propellor blades & one section Shaft Cracked
- 26 · Cause
- No Visible Causes except defective material in Construction
- 27 · Weather
- Gentle breeze, light swell clear & partly cloudy.
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- Got into Falmouth without help but towed from there to Rotterdam
- 30 · Remarks
- Repairs done at Rotterdam. On inspection at Rotterdam found one section of shaft cracked, new shaft furnished there