Oliver Crocker shipwreck

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

Official Number: 19184

Type: Bark

Length: 108 Feet

Home Port: New Bedford, MA

Place Built: Mattapoisett, MA

Date Lost: Sept, 14, 1871

Captain When Lost: James H. Fisher

Where: Point Belcher, Near Wainwright Inlet

Cause: Trapped in Ice

Cargo: 200 Barrels of Whale Oil