Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks - Explore Shipwrecks - Pilot Island


	schooner
	A sailing vessel with two or more masts rigged fore and aft . The foremast is shorter than the other mast(s).


	beam
	The width of a ship at its widest point.


	depth of hold
	The measurement from beneath the deck to the bottom of the hold; the vertical space in the cargo hold.


	gross tonnage
	The overall volume of a ship's hull, including crew cabins, storerooms and machinery spaces. A ton equals 100 cubic feet. The calculation of tonnage is complex, and a major revision in tonnage calculation laws occurred in 1864. The term "old measurement" reflects measurements before this change. See also net tonnage.


	hull
	The body or shell of a ship.


	mast
	A long wooden or metal pole or spar, usually vertical, on the deck or keel of a ship, that supports spars and sails. On a sailing ship, supported on the keelson.


	deck
	Horizontal or cambered and sloping surfaces on a ship, like floors in a building.


	salvage
	Recovery and reclamation of damaged, discarded or abandoned material, ships, craft and floating equipment for reuse, repair, refabrication or scrapping.

Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks - Explore Shipwrecks - Pilot Island

PILOT ISLAND

Service History

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The J.E. Gilmore The J.E. Gilmore was a canaller -- a schooner built with dimensions to trade through the Welland Canal. She was built at Three Mile Bay, New York, by Asa Wilcox in 1867. The Gilmore measured 137.7' in length, 25.4' in beam , and 11.0' in depth of hold , with a gross tonnage of 291.89 and official number 13307. She had a wood hull , two masts , and a single deck . She was built for Thomas S. Mott, Asa Wilcox, and James E. Gilmore. In 1874 John Gerlach of Cleveland bought her, and Cleveland became her homeport. At that time she was valued at $14,000 and insurance rated A2. In July 1875 she sank in Cleveland Harbor, but she was salvaged and refitted. The Pilot Island wrecks' final missions.

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