AH-WR-1632

Mary E. O'Hara

Fishing Schooner · Lost 1941 · Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

She sank in outer Boston Harbor on 21 January 1941 after striking Winifred Sheridan.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Mary E. O'Hara was built in 1922. She sank in outer Boston Harbor on 21 January 1941 after striking Winifred Sheridan. The wreck history reports eighteen fishermen lost.

Vessel

Built: 1922
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Not established
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Diesel, propeller
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 21, 1941
Cause: Collision
Location: Outer Boston Harbor, east of Finn’s Ledge
Water: Boston Harbor
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 18
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Outer Boston Harbor, east of Finn’s Ledge
Region: Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay

No verified wreck position adopted from the sources reviewed.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

The wreck history reports eighteen fatalities; a survivor count is not established. Present condition and precise position are not established here.

Dave Clancy, Hunting New England Shipwrecks
Vessel identity, type, loss date or year, and named loss locality.
Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives
Archival catalog entry for the named fishing schooner; not used for loss statistics.