AH-WR-1529

Our Son

Three-Masted Schooner · United States · Lost 1930 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan

One of the last working sailing ships on the Great Lakes, sunk in a 1930 gale; all crew saved.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents.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

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Our Son was a three-masted wooden schooner built in 1875, still carrying cargo under sail long after most of her kind were gone. On 26 September 1930, loaded with pulpwood, she was overwhelmed in a gale off Sheboygan. The steamer William Nelson came alongside and took off all seven crew. She was among the last commercial sailing vessels on the lakes.

Vessel

Built: 1875
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 26, 1930
Cause: Storm
Location: Off Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Water: Lake Michigan
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 7
Lives lost: 0
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: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Region: Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan

Pin marks the named place of loss; no published position used.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (78/100)

Depth and condition are not given in this record.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Loss date, place and circumstances.
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Loss date, place and circumstances.