Moonlight (ship)

For one of the two boathouses in Encinitas, California, see Encinitas Boathouses.

46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W

History
Name	Moonlight
Owner	William Mack (first owner) Joseph C. Gilchrest Company (second owner)
Port of registry	United States
Builder	Wolf and Davidson Company
Laid down	September 13, 1903
Launched	1874
Fate	Shipwrecked on September 13, 1903
Notes	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 Location: 46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W[1]
General characteristics
Type	Schooner, later converted to a tow barge
Tonnage	777 gross tons (738 net tons)
Length	206 feet (63 m) long, 35 feet (11 m) wide

The Moonlight was a schooner that sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Michigan Island. The wreckage site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[2]

History

Moonlight was built in 1874. In addition to service in the Great Lakes, Moonlight also sailed in the Atlantic Ocean.^[3] In 1894 she was involved in an accident with SS Ohio which was sunk. She sank in September 1903 in a storm while hauling iron ore from Ashland, Wisconsin. In use as a tow barge, Moonlight was under tow by the steamer Volunteer. Both ships were loaded with iron ore in Ashland and were headed for their destination when a violent storm erupted and ruptured the seams of Moonlight's hull.^[4]