The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-20
CASUALTIES TO VESSELS.
A SIoop OF War, Carried Inland by q
Tidal Wave, Ends Her Days
as Hotel
From the Army and Navy Journal.

From the Army and Navy Journal.
In answer to an inquiry, we give
q list of the vessels of the United states
Navy which have been lost by casul-
ties other than those Of war. We be-
leve that the list is substantially COM
plete:
Albany, sloop of war; lost in the West
Indies in 1853. Was never heard Of.
Supposed to have gone down in cy-
clone with 21O officers and men.
Bainbridge, brig; lost off Hateras in
1863. with all on board, save the col
ored cook. who was picked up on
piece of wreCkage.
Boston; lost somewhere in the West
Indies.
De Soto, steamer; lost in the West
Indies in 1867. All on board saved.
Demolges, afterWard called Fulton,
after it's inventor; blown up at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1929. Twenty
four were killed and nineteen wounded.
The cause of the explosion was never
known. Some suspected that it was
the work of a gunner's mate who had
been fiogged that day for some breach
Of discipline. Others believed that it
was due to carelessness in leaving
kegs of powder uncovered.
Epervier. captured from the Brit
ish; last seen off Gibraltar in 1915. Was
never heard from again.
Hornet. sister ship of the Wasp; lost
in 1929 in the Gulf of Mexico in
norther.
Huron, steamer; wrecked in 1877 upon
Currtuck Beach, n. G. OF twelve Of
ficers seven We're lost. OF the crew
only about twenty were saved.
LeVant, sloop of war; lost in 1858,
with about POO souls, somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean.
Maine, battleship, blown up in Ha-
vana harbOr, February Is, 1898, by ? ? =?
Two of her officers and 24O of her crew
were killed including those who died
of their injuries, 81 wounded, and 19
uniniured.
Missouri, steam frigate burnt at
| Gibraltar in lS43, while conveying the
American minister, Caleb Cushing, to
| China. The crew took to the water and
were picked up by boats from II. B. NJ.
| S. Malabar and others. A glass vessel
| containing turpentine had been placed
near the machinery. a falling iron
| wrench broke the vessel, the turpen-
tine saturated the felt and canvas
| around the steam chest, and they took
| fire
Monongahela, caught by tidal wave
| in 1867, carried over a number of build
ing at Santa Cruz. W. l., and deposit
ed in the street. She was blocked up,
| launched, and returned to service.
Monitor the first monitor foundered
| off Cape Hatteras, December %, 1862.
! About one half of the officers and crew
| Were lost; the others escaped on her
convoy, the u. S. s. Rhode Island.
! Ericsson ascribed the loss of this ves-
sci to the mistake of keying up the
turret and packing oakum under it to
prevent trifling leakage calculated upon
by him and provided against
Oneida, struck by the English pas
sengel' ship Bombay near the coast of
! Japan and sunk, with her captain and
a large number of her crew.
PorpOise, brig: lost in 1853 in the
China Sea, with 200 men,
Sacramento, lost in the Bay of Ben
gal in 1867, all saved.
Saginaw, steamer; lost on an island
in the Pacific in 1870; sent the captain :
gig to Honolulu, assistance was sent
and the crew rescued. -Four of the
gigs crew died.
San JacintO, lost in the West Indies
January /, 1865; all on board saved.
Saranac, steamer lost in 1873 on a
rock on the coast Of Mexico; all or
board saved.
I Somers, lost i'm cyclone in the Gull
of Mexico. with most OF her crew.
SuWanee, ran on "A rock i'm British
Columbia in 1868, and proved a tota
loss. The vessel was carried so far uI
that the crew. landed dry shod.
Wasp, disappeared in 1914.
I WateTee SlOop of war; carried sev
eral miles inland by an mense tida
wave in 1868. while lying in the harho
Of africa, Peru, and ended her days
as an inland hotel. The same wav,
caught the FrederiCa, stOreship, rolled
her over audnsank her, with every sou
on board.
Weehawken, monitor: sunk off Nor
Tis Island, S. D., December 6, 1863. He
main hatch was left open, and a swell
arising, the sea poured into her ant
sank her
The following vesss OF the Unitet
. States navy have also been lost iron
time to time: Saratoga, 1880, with al
hands; Pickering, 1900; Lynx, 1920
Grampus, 1925; Wildcat. 1925; Sylph
,, 1891 Poinsett, l845. The following hav
been lost with all hands saved: Re
, | Nenge, Chippewa, Boyer, Alligator
Peacock 2d Shock Truxtun, On-ka -hyc
Patrita Edith The Philadelphia wa
! wrecked off Tripoli in 1900 and al
) hands captured. The Intrepid wa
blown up i'm the same harhor the fol
lowing year, while serving as a fir
ship, All hands pershed. The Con
, cord was lost with two officers and on
5 man off the East coast of Africa 4
i | 1914 tho Couriap was VraplsaJ in, 1SG,
: the G. L. Brokenborough was lost 4
4 1853; the Hamilton capsizcd in 1913; IN
4 Kinghsher was wrecked in 1864; the Sc
5 Gull off Cape Horn in 1889; Tulip bley
5 up and sank November II, 1864; Viole
4 lost on Cape Fear bar August e. 1864
2 Sheppard Knapp wrecked at Cape Hat
: teras May is, 1863, Arizona destroye
- hv fire February ~. 1865: Aster wrecke