Indiana (Bark, 1852)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Indiana
Year of Build:: 1852
Major repairs:: (1862);
Official Number:: 12086

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head (1852)
Builder Name:: George S. Weeks
Ownership Notes:: Green, H. M., (1852); Hall, J. L., (1854); Crawford, J. H., (1859); Hall, (1860); Robie, (1860); Barclay, W. H., (1862-1864); Humphrey, J., (1863); Dunn, (1866); Cummins, (1866); Kieth, W., (1867); Sherman, D., (1867); Winslow, R., (1867); Palmer, J., (1868-1870); Pennington, (1868-1870); McAdams, (1868);
Master(s):: Stearns, R., (1852); Faulkner, T. E., (1854); Davis, J. W., 1856; Hall, G. W., (1861); Humphrey, J., (1862-1864); Winslow, R., (1867); Lloyd, R., (1867); McAdams, A., (1868-1870);

Power

Number of Masts:: 3 (1852)*

Hull Dimensions

1852: Length: 136' 9" Width/Beam: 25' 2" Depth: 11'
1865: Length: 136' Width/Beam: 25' Depth: 11.4'

Tonnage

1852: Gross: 354 + 50/95
1865: Gross: 260.75

Enrollments/Registration

October 26, 1852: Port: Oswego Number: 56 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 8-11-1854
August 11, 1854: Port: Oswego Number: 41 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 9-13-1850
September 13, 1850: Port: Oswego Number: 43 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 11-18-1859
November 18, 1859: Port: Oswego Number: 34 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-7-1861
May 7, 1861: Port: Milwaukee Number: 40 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Milwaukee 4-18-1862
April 18, 1862: Port: Milwaukee Number: 51 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1863
April 27, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-8-1863
June 8, 1863: Port: Oswego Number: 46 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-11-1864
June 11, 1864: Port: Oswego Number: 48 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-17-1865
April 17, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 27 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 1-24-1867
January 24, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 1-25-1867
January 25, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 5 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-14-1867
September 14, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 150 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-14-1868
May 14, 1868: Port: Cleveland Number: 61 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-28-1869
July 28, 1869: Port: Cleveland Number: 99 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-27-1870
July 27, 1870: Port: Cleveland Number: 11 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 12-31-1870; Next document: (Loss of Vessel)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, Indiana (1852-1870)
Nationality:: American (1852-1870)
Chronology:: 1. 11/2/1852, Lake Erie, disabled in a gale and refitted at Buffalo, (iron), $150 loss;
2. 00/00/1854, near Malden, ashore and released;
3. 6/00/1859, Lake Michigan, sustained damage to hull and cargo, repaired, (wheat), hull $200 loss, cargo $2, 200 loss;
4. 10/00/1859, off Sleeping Bear, dismasted and repaired, $1, 250 loss;
5. 11/25/1859, Bar Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $200 loss;
6. 9/00/1861, off Kenosha, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and repaired, hull $1, 300 loss, cargo $900 loss;
7. 10/00/1863, Lake Huron, lost foremasts and repaired, $5, 500 loss;
8. 5/00/1867, collision, (Bark, Miranda), repaired;
9. 10/00/1869, sprung her mainmast and lost her outfit on Lake Erie, repaired;
10. 11/(16-19)/1869, St. Lawrence River, struck a rock, sank and raised, $2, 300 loss;
11. 4/00/1870, Northport, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $3, 300 loss;
12. 9/00/1870, Erie, Lake Erie, sank, (stone), $21, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *2 (1865);
1860, she was valued at $6,500; 1866, she was valued at $6,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/22/1862;
5. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1880);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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