The steam screw STARUCCA was a package freight propeller built in 1875 in Buffalo, New York. It had a gross tonnage of 1,313.09 tons and a net tonnage of 1,155.20 tons. The vessel measured 218.0 feet in length, 34.0 feet in width, and had a depth of 13.0 feet. It was powered by 1,800 nominal horsepower.
Unfortunately, the STARUCCA met a tragic fate when it stranded on November 15, 1888, about 10 miles east of Grand Marais, Michigan, in Lake Superior. The incident resulted in the vessel becoming a total loss.
The news of the STARUCCA’s total loss was reported in the Port Huron Daily Times on November 23, 1888. The cause and details of the stranding were not mentioned in the available records.
