Libbie Nau (Schooner, 1867)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Libbie Nau
Year of Build:: 1867
Major repairs:: 1874, 1887, 1889, 1899, 1902;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1898, Chicago, Illinois;
Official Number:: 14808

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Peter Peterson & John Gregory
Ownership Notes:: Nau, L., (1867-1871); Nau, William, (1867); Peterson, (1871); Anderson, J., (1873); Nelson, N., (1875-1881); Nielson, A., (1874); Anderson, (1876); Nelson, (1878-1885); Johnson, Peter, (1886); Johnson, Walter S., (1886-1888); Michelson, Oliver, (1895-1898); Hitchcock, W. D. (1893-1896); Williamson, Thomas, (1897-1904); Halvorson, Peter, (1907-1908); Isabell, Thomas, (1916);
Master(s):: Peterson, D., (1867); Anderson, J., (1873); Nelson, N., 1875-1881); Nielson, A., (1879); Johnson, Walter S., (1886); Anderson, John H., (1888); Michelson, Oliver, (1895); Williamson, Thomas, (1897-1898);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1867)

Hull Dimensions

1867: Length: 129' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 10'
1898: Length: 129' Width/Beam: 26' 6" Depth: 10'

Tonnage

1867: Gross: 231.54 Net: 219.97
1898: Gross: 236.58 Net: 198.67

Enrollments/Registration

June 5, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 132 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-25-1873
March 25, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 195 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1875
April 28, 1875: Port: Chicago Number: 98 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-7-1879
August 7, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-4-1880
August 4, 1880: Port: Chicago Number: 19 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-2-1881
June 2, 1881: Port: Chicago Number: 171 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-19-1886
April 19, 1886: Port: Grand Haven Number: 73 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-16-1888
April 16, 1888: Port: Chicago Number: 86 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-7-1895
May 7, 1895: Port: Chicago Number: 96 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-3-1897
July 3, 1897: Port: Chicago Number: 2 of 1897
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-23-1898
February 23, 1898: Port: Chicago Number: 28 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-11-1907
April 11, 1907: Port: Chicago Number: 54 of 1907
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-21-1908
May 21, 1908: Port: Chicago Number: 62 of 1908
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-20-1912
March 20, 1912: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Final Document Surrendered at; Next document: Milwaukee 6-30-1918;; Next document: Abandoned at Sturgeon Bay)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Libbie Nau (1867-1918)
Nationality:: American (1867-1918)
Chronology:: 1. 4/00/1874, Lake Michigan, damaged her outfit and repaired, $200 loss;
2. 6/9/1876, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, became waterlogged and was towed safely into port;

Notes

General notes:: 1871, she was valued at $15,000; 1882, she was valued at $5,500; 1893, she was valued at $3,000;1903, she was valued at $3,000;
She was abandoned in 1918;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; ;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; ;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1899, 1903;
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1918);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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