Posted by Lost Yooper on September 04, 19102 at 18:39:50:
In Reply to: Re: New Wreck in the Straits posted by Brendon Baillod on September 04, 19102 at 15:28:36:
: More on the William Young:
: She was lost in a collision in the Straits on October 5, 1891. She was built in 1863
: at Madison Dock, Ohio by A & DE Bailey for James L. Spink of Milwaukee and valued at $17,000 with an A hull rating when she came out. She was built at 414 gt. BOM / 342.66 gt. NM and 138.9 x 26.2 x 12.2 ft. In November of 1866, she was ashore at Mackinac with minor damage and was pulled off. In July of 1869, she was damaged by heavy weather on Lake Michigan and in May of 1872 she was run on Dummy Reef near Buffalo, sunk by ice and damaged severely. She was raised and repaired. She had new decks in 1871 and in September of 1875 she was sunk in the Detroit River and raised. She was rebuilt in 1878 and in the mid 1880s was cut down to a tow barge. In her later career she was towed behind the str. George King with the schs. H.J. Webb and Levi Rawson.
: : Per the previous posts, a new wreck was found during a search for a jumper off the Mackinac Bridge last week. The wreck has been identified as the schooner William Young (US#26230). She was identified by her official number on her main beam. She was sunk in a collision in 1891.