46°49.939′N 90°22.703′W / 46.832317°N 90.378383°W
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| History | |
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| Name | Moonlight |
| Owner | William Mack (first owner) Joseph C. Gilchrest Company (second owner) |
| Port of registry | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg){kind=small} 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[1] |
| 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.[2]
- ^ "Apostle Islands Deep Shipwrecks". Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ^ "Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use". National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.