Amboy (ship)

The Amboy aground after the Mataafa Storm
History
United States
Name	Amboy
Operator	Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company
Port of registry	United States
Builder	Quayle & Murphy
Completed	1874
Out of service	November 28, 1905
Identification	U.S. Registry #95276
Fate	Ran aground on Lake Superior in the Mataafa Storm of 1905
General characteristics
Tonnage	893 GRT 849 NRT
Length	209.3 feet (63.8 m)
Beam	34.2 feet (10.4 m)
Height	14.4 feet (4.4 m)
Amboy Shipwreck Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Lake Superior, about a mile southwest of Sugar Loaf Cove
Coordinates	47°28′41″N 90°59′59″W / 47.478089°N 90.999858°W / 47.478089; -90.999858
Built	1874
Architect	Quayle & Murphy
NRHP reference No.	94000341 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 14, 1994

The Amboy was a wooden schooner barge that sank along with her towing steamer, the George Spencer on Lake Superior off the coast of Schroeder, Cook County, Minnesota in the United States. In 1994 the remains of the Amboy were added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]