 Wreck of C.H.Wheeler, newspaper illustration from 1901
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| History | |
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| Name | C.H. Wheeler |
| Owner | Nehalem River Transportation Co. |
| Port of registry | Astoria, OR |
| In service | 1901 |
| Out of service | 1901 |
| Identification | U.S. 127490 |
| Fate | Wrecked near Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | wooden construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner-rigged lumber barge |
| Tonnage | 371 gross tons; 356 net tons |
| Length | 141.8 ft (43.22 m) |
| Beam | 34.5 ft (10.52 m) |
| Depth | 10.6 ft (3.23 m) depth of hold |
| Sail plan | schooner |
| Capacity | 562,000 board feet of lumber |
| Crew | four (4) |
| Notes | Built to operate with the tug Geo. R. Vosburg |
C.H. Wheeler was a schooner-rigged unpowered lumber barge that operated during the year 1901, making only a few voyages before it was wrecked near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life. C.H. Wheeler was the largest vessel up to that time to reach Tillamook City and the first vessel to transport a load of lumber from Tillamook to San Francisco. The circumstances of the loss of the C.H. Wheeler were controversial and resulted in the arrest (charges were subsequently dismissed) of the captain of the tug that had been towing the barge before it was wrecked.