Cape Ann maritime remembrance records Dataset ID: maritime-records Version: 1.0.0 Released: 2026-10-05 Original resource: https://capeanncurrent.com/data-tools/maritime-records/ CREDIT REQUIRED Every public use must visibly show this credit near the reused material, with a clickable link to https://capeanncurrent.com/data-tools/maritime-records/: Source: Cape Ann Current. If you change it: Adapted from Cape Ann Current. Changes made by [organization name]. Government websites follow the same requirement. Credit only in metadata or code does not count. REUSE POLICY: Cape Ann Current Free Access and Attribution Policy, version 1.0: https://capeanncurrent.com/reuse/ Free for websites, businesses, news organizations, government agencies, schools, libraries and nonprofits whose website or publication does not operate a paywall (subscription, metered access or paid membership) for news or informational content. A free individual page does not qualify an otherwise paywalled publication. 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Required credit: Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources Not covered by our policy: Page text or the photo. Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Charles S. Haight (Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources (Mass.gov)) Original: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/charles-s-haight Terms: https://www.mass.gov/site-policies Rights class: facts_only. Mass.gov forbids copying or use other than fair use. Required credit: Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources Not covered by our policy: Page text or images. Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Portland Daily Press, Jan. 19, 1877, p. 2 (Gloucester dispatch on overdue schooners) (Library of Congress, Chronicling America) Original: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. Published 1877; public domain. Required credit: cite the source Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - 1892 newspaper reports on the wreck of the Gallatin (Chronicling America) (Library of Congress, Chronicling America) Original: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015483/1892-01-07/ed-1/?sp=3 Terms: https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/about-this-collection/rights-and-access/ Rights class: public_domain. Newspapers published 1930 or earlier are in the public domain in the United States. Required credit: cite the source Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - The Fishermen's Own Book (Procter Brothers, Gloucester, 1882; digitized by the Internet Archive) Original: https://archive.org/details/fishermensownboo00procrich Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. Published 1882; public domain in the United States. Archive.org lists NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Required credit: The Fishermen's Own Book (Procter Brothers, 1882), via the Internet Archive Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Lost at Sea register (PDF dated July 29, 2010) (City of Gloucester, Mass. (compiled by the Gloucester Archives Committee)) Original: https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEA-DOCUMENT?bidId= Terms: https://www.gloucester-ma.gov/ Rights class: public_record. Site footer: All content (c) 2006-2026 Gloucester, MA. All rights reserved. The PDF carries no separate license. The city says the register is incomplete. Required credit: City of Gloucester, Lost at Sea register Not covered by our policy: Copies of the city's PDF pages or images. Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Sufferers by Wreck of United States Revenue Cutter Gallatin, House Report No. 1830, 56th Congress (May 29, 1900) (U.S. House of Representatives (govinfo.gov Serial Set)) Original: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04027_00_00-075-1830-0000 Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. U.S. federal government publication; public domain. Reprints the muster roll and a Treasury letter of Jan. 26, 1892. Required credit: cite the source Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - History of the Town of Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts, 1645-1895 (D. F. Lamson (Manchester: published by the town, 1895); digitized by the Internet Archive) Original: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00lams/ Terms: https://help.archive.org/help/rights/ Rights class: public_domain. Published 1895; public domain in the United States. Required credit: D. F. Lamson, History of the Town of Manchester (1895), via the Internet Archive Not covered by our policy: Nothing restricted; we do not claim the Internet Archive scan as ours. Retrieved 2026-10-04; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Charles S. Haight vessel status cards and ship history (U.S. Maritime Administration) Original: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5761 Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. U.S. federal government records; public domain (17 U.S.C. 105). Required credit: U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel Status Cards Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Charles S. Haight (Town of Rockport, Mass.) Original: https://rockportma.gov/209/Charles-S-Haight Terms: see original Rights class: facts_only. Site footer: all rights reserved. Required credit: Town of Rockport Not covered by our policy: Page text or images. Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office cutter histories (U.S. Coast Guard) Original: https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2474869/gallatin-1871/ Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. U.S. federal works; check credits on third-party photos. Required credit: cite the source Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 - Coast Guard bi-weekly report excerpt, April 12, 1946 (Charles S. Haight) (U.S. Coast Guard, via the U.S. Maritime Administration vessel history archive) Original: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/documents/CharlesSHaight_5761_001.pdf Terms: see original Rights class: public_domain. U.S. federal government record; public domain. Required credit: cite the source Not covered by our policy: n/a Retrieved 2026-10-05; rights reviewed 2026-10-05 ABOUT Reviewed records of vessels, incidents and people from Cape Ann's maritime history, with each person's documented role, each town's documented connection, the sources behind every fact and the questions still open. Geographic coverage: Incidents tied to Gloucester, Rockport, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea by documented evidence Time coverage: 1876 to 1947 in this release (incidents reviewed so far) Update frequency: When the editor approves new records; checked monthly METHODOLOGY Records start from a research index of the City of Gloucester Lost at Sea register, Lamson's 1895 Manchester town history, Down to Sea (used only as a lead) and other archives. A record enters this dataset only after the news desk checks each fact against an official or primary source, or two independent sources, writes a summary in our own words and the editor approves it. Same-named vessels and people are never merged without evidence. Victims, survivors, captains, crew, owners and rescuers are separate roles. Residence, birthplace, homeport, building place and incident location are separate town relationships. LIMITATIONS - This is not a complete list of Cape Ann people or vessels lost at sea. It holds only the records reviewed so far. - The City of Gloucester's register, a key source, says itself that it is incomplete, and it is dated July 29, 2010. - Crew counts appear only where a source documents them; the number of names indexed is not a crew count. - Coordinates appear only where a source records them; fishing grounds are never shown as wreck points. DEFINITIONS - verification: verified: stated in an official or primary source, or two independent sources agree. single_source: one source only. conflict: sources disagree; see the conflicts table. - date_precision: exact, month, year, range or unknown. A month-precision date is never shown as a daily anniversary. - anniversary_feed: daily: verified exact date, editor approved. monthly: verified month, or an exact day in conflict. MISSING VALUES Missing values are empty cells in CSV and XLSX and null in JSON. 'None' as text never means missing. FILES AND FIELDS maritime-records__incidents.csv (4 rows) incident_id (string) slug (string) title (string) vessel_ids (string) summary (string) anniversary_date (string): ISO 8601 date, or YYYY-MM for month precision anniversary_precision (string) anniversary_verification (string) anniversary_day_conflict (boolean) anniversary_feed (string) anniversary_basis (string) location_name (string) latitude (number): decimal degrees, WGS 84 longitude (number): decimal degrees, WGS 84 coordinate_source (string) coordinate_precision (string) weather (string) crew_count (integer) crew_count_note (string) residence_note (string) verification (string): verified | single_source | conflict | unverified (see methodology) review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review story_url (string) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table maritime-records__events.csv (11 rows) event_id (string) incident_id (string) type (string) date (string): ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD), or YYYY-MM when precision is month, or YYYY when precision is year precision (string) time (string) verification (string): verified | single_source | conflict | unverified (see methodology) as_recorded (string) note (string) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review maritime-records__vessels.csv (3 rows) vessel_id (string) name (string) aliases (string) type (string) built_year (integer) built_place (string) built_verification (string) homeport (string) identity_note (string) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table maritime-records__people.csv (18 rows) person_id (string) name (string) names_as_written (string) name_note (string) birthplace (string) birthplace_as_recorded (string) birthplace_verification (string) residence (string) residence_verification (string) identity_note (string) source_record_ids (string) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table maritime-records__roles.csv (18 rows) incident_id (string) person_id (string) role (string) fate (string) fate_detail (string) verification (string): verified | single_source | conflict | unverified (see methodology) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review maritime-records__town_links.csv (8 rows) incident_id (string) town (string) relationship (string) evidence (string) verification (string): verified | single_source | conflict | unverified (see methodology) source_ids (string): semicolon separated source IDs; see the sources table review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review maritime-records__conflicts.csv (8 rows) conflict_id (string) incident_id (string) topic (string) accounts (string) resolution (string) status (string) review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review maritime-records__anniversaries.csv (4 rows) incident_id (string) feed (string) month (integer) day (integer) year (integer) label (string) slug (string) towns (string) precision_note (string) review_state (string): approved = released by the editor; preview = shown only on the preview site for review maritime-records__sources.csv (12 rows) source_id (string) title (string) publisher (string) url (string) terms_url (string) rights_class (string) terms_summary (string) required_credit (string) may_publish (string) must_not (string) retrieved (string) rights_reviewed (string) Corrections: https://capeanncurrent.com/maritime/corrections/ or news@capeanncurrent.com