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Nature of Casualty
Abandoned after trapped in ice. Tornfelt, Evert E., Burwell, Michael, Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf
and Shore, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region, 1992
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Official Number: 4615
Type: Ship
Length: 118 Feet
Home Port: New Bedford, MA
Place Built: Mattapoisett, MA
Date Lost: Sept. 14, 1871
Captain When Lost: Leander C. Owen
Where: Point Belcher, near Wainwright Inlet
Cause: Trapped in Ice and Abandoned
Cargo: 850 Barrels of Whale Oil
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