 "Louise B. Crary" was 267 feet (81.4 meters) long and had five masts.In 1899, "Frank A. Palmer" grounded near Tathem's life-saving station in New Jersey, but was refloated on July 23.The ships were each carrying 3,000 tons of coal from Newport News, Virginia, to Boston, Massachusetts, when they collided on 17 December 1902 during a gale and sank together off Gloucester.