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Rouse Simmons

Vessel Detail Information for: Rouse Simmons (1868)
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Vessel Name: Rouse Simmons (1868)
National Register: Listed
Registry #: 110087
Casualty: 11/23/1912, foundered
Vessel Type: schooner
Built: 1868, Allen McC. & Co., Milwaukee, WI
Owners: Capt. Herman Schuenemann
Cargo: Christmas trees
Lives Lost: 16?
Length: 123.5 ft
Beam: 27.6 ft
Depth of Hold: 8.4 ft
Hull: wood
Gross Tonnage: 205.26
Propulsion: sail
Rig Type: schooner
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
County: Manitowoc
Nearest City: Two Creeks, WI
Water Depth: 165 ft

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