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46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W / 46.832317; -90.378383

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 / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W / 46.832317; -90.378383
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.

History

Moonlight was built in 1874. In addition to service in the Great Lakes, Moonlight also sailed in the Atlantic Ocean. 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.

References

1. "Apostle Islands Deep Shipwrecks". Retrieved July 22, 2013.
2. "Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use". National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
3. "Moonlight Shipwreck". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
4. Keller, James M. The Unholy Apostles. pp. 77–83. ISBN 0-933577-001.

External links

Media related to Moonlight (ship, 1874) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Apostle Islands
Islands	Madeline Island Stockton Island Gull Island Eagle Island Outer Island Oak Island Sand Island Basswood Island Bear Island Michigan Island Hermit Island Cat Island Otter Island Manitou Island Rocky Island Long Island Ironwood Island York Island Raspberry Island Devils Island South Twin Island North Twin Island
Lighthouses	Michigan Island Light Raspberry Island Light Outer Island Light Sand Island Light Devils Island Light Gull Island Light La Pointe Light Chequamegon Point Light Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light
Shipwrecks	Antelope Big Bay sloop City of Ashland D.R. Owen Lucerne Manistee Marquette Moonlight Noquebay Ottawa Pretoria R.G. Stewart Sevona Ira H. Owen T.H. Camp
Related historic sites	Hadland Fishing Camp Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry La Pointe Indian Cemetery Manitou Camp Rocky Island Historic District Madeline Island Historical Museum
Protected designations	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Big Bay State Park

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1903
Shipwrecks	21 Jan: USS Leyden 4 Feb: Espingole 10 Feb: Madiana February (unknown date): Ambriz March (unknown date): Hougomont 26 May: Huddersfield, Oakland 9 Apr: Althea 17 Jun: HMS Scorpion 14 Jul: Monterey 18 Jul: North Pacific 2 Aug: Tennie and Laura 23 Aug: Narara 26 Sep: Harold September (unknown date): Moonlight 15 Oct: Marquette 28 Nov: Petriana 6 Dec: Warrington 26 Dec: Kiowa 31 Dec: USS Quiros Unknown date: Loch Bredan, Vega
Other incidents	17 Jan: Bombardment of Fort San Carlos 16 Feb: Pisa 28 Feb: Etruria 12 Jul: Emily Reed 17 Aug: Empress of India 21 Aug: Oslyabya 26 Sep: Guggenheim Treasure 10 Oct: Etruria 6 Dec: Bellingham, Dode
1902 1904

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• Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
• 1874 ships
• Shipwrecks of Lake Superior
• Schooner barges
• National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin
• Ships built in Milwaukee
• Schooners of the United States
• Shipwreck discoveries by Jerry Eliason, Ken Merryman and Kraig Smith
• Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs