Talk:SS D.M. Clemson (1903)

Timeline issues
I'm having a little trouble understanding the sequence of events as laid out in this article.

''According to Stonehouse the Clemson suffered some structural damage when she struck a lighthouse pier at Ashtabula, Ohio, on October 20, 1908. The incident damaged 10 hull plates and a water tank on the starboard side. Temporary repairs were made until the Clemson went into layup for the winter of 1908.''

So the ship suffered damage in October 1908, and temporary repairs were made, and then she went into layup for the winter. But:

She is known for sinking on Lake Superior, on the night of 1 December 1908 with all hands; 24 men lost their lives.

I thought she was in layup!

I think that the first passage I quoted means that temporary repairs were made before she would have been put into layup for the winter, and that she was lost before she was actually put into layup. Is that correct? (I don't want to make this edit myself because I'm well outside my areas of expertise.) Tkynerd (talk) 08:44, 12 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I can see how that would be confusing. I wrote the article in a rush, and didn't really pay attention to my word choices. "Until" has now been replaced with "before". I am planning to overhaul the article sometime in the near future. GreatLakesShips 🤘 (talk - contribs) 08:20, 13 August 2022 (UTC)