desc=While under tow in rough seas by the tug Pioneer ( ) from Port Townsend, Washington, to Cordova, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 100,000 board feet (236 cubic meters) of lumber, a crew of six, and a stowaway aboard, the 708-ton, 180 feet sloop barge became waterlogged, ran aground on the west side of Kayak Island in the Alexander Archipelago two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Cape Saint Elias, and broke up, becoming a total loss.