History #
The CHATTANOOGA was a schooner-barge built in 1898 by James Davidson in West Bay City, Michigan. It had an official number of 127255 and measured 308 feet in length, 45 feet in width, and 21.5 feet in depth. The vessel had a gross tonnage of 2339 and a net tonnage of 2266.
In the fall of 1925, the CHATTANOOGA was wrecked on Lake Erie during a storm. The exact location of the loss is unreported. No details about loss of life or cargo carried during the incident are available.
In 1926, the CHATTANOOGA was officially abandoned. It was then sold to Canadian wrecker Tom Reid of Sarnia, Ontario, on December 21. The vessel was refloated the following spring but was ultimately abandoned without further repairs. The CHATTANOOGA was supposed to be repurposed and made into a stone dock at Duck Islands in Lake Huron.
She Lies abandoned near Great Duck Island
