Ship Files
Title
Ship Files
Description
Ship files may contain photographs, clippings from newspapers and magazines, written information, historic boat documents, ephemera, accident reports, and other information.
Remember, ships have many lives. Often they are given a name or a vessel number at the time they are built, but that name does not necessarily follow them for their entire life. To use this index effectively, researchers must be able to cross reference these changing ship names over time. For instance, in order to research the shipwreck of the Mataafa, you need to know she was originally named the Pennsylvania and built in 1899. The date of build is necessary, as more than one vessel may bear the same name.
Remember, ships have many lives. Often they are given a name or a vessel number at the time they are built, but that name does not necessarily follow them for their entire life. To use this index effectively, researchers must be able to cross reference these changing ship names over time. For instance, in order to research the shipwreck of the Mataafa, you need to know she was originally named the Pennsylvania and built in 1899. The date of build is necessary, as more than one vessel may bear the same name.
Creator
Lake Superior Maritime Collection
Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Superior Special Collections