desc=Anchored while under tow by the steamer Louise ( ) from St. Michael to Fort Gibbon in the Territory of Alaska after Louise suffered machinery damage in rough seas, the 240-ton barge, with a three-man crew and a cargo of 225 tons of United States Government supplies aboard, dragged her anchor and was wrecked on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 6 nautical miles west of St. Michael, breaking in two and becoming a total loss. ''