Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Norman (Propeller, 1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Norman
Year of Build:
1863
Major repairs:
1871;
Rebuilt:
1. 1879, Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. 1880;
Official Number:
18167
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Brower Morgan
Ownership Notes:
Wells, J. W., (1863-1865); Littlejohn, (1863); Dane, (1863); Leopold, B. F., (1866-1878); Austrain, J., (1866-1878; Peters, R. G., (1878-1882);
Master(s):
Price, P., (1866-1867); Litts, Ino M., (1865); Bartlett, W., (1871); Chatterson, C. B., (1878); Thompson, W. D., (1879); Carter, H. J., (1880);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 137' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 13'
1865
Length: 134.5' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 12.6'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 431 + 93/95
1865
Gross: 545.23
1879
Gross: 465
1880
Gross: 388.01
Enrollments/Registration
September 29, 1863
   Port: Oswego Number: 4 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 4-25-1865
April 25, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 4-25-1866
April 25, 1866
   Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-8-1866
May 8, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 739 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sault Ste. Marie 5-10-1867
May 10, 1867
   Port: Sault Ste. Marie Number: 7 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-13-1871
April 13, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 187 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-25-1873
April 25, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 236 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 8-1-1878
August 1, 1878
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 6 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-2-1879
May 2, 1879
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 60 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Grand Haven 10-30-1880
October 30, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 66 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Manistee 12-30-1883

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Norman (1863-1883)
Nationality:
American (1863-1883)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1863, Beaver Island, ashore and released, $12, 837 loss;
2. 11/00/1863, Little Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $9, 500 loss;
3. 7/00/1865, Lake Michigan, broke a cylinder and was towed into port, repaired, $1, 800 loss;
4. 10/00/1866, Sault River, sank and raised, $3, 900 loss;
5. 9/10/1869, Detour, struck a rock, sank and raised;
6. 11/00/1869, Manitous, damaged by collision, (Propeller, Tonawanda), and repaired;
7. 11/00/1869, grounded in Neebish Rapids and lightered off;
8. 6/00/1874, damaged by fire and repaired at Chicago, $1, 500 loss;
9. 11/11/1883, Pentwater, Michigan, struck south pier, sank and hull went to pieces;
Notes
General notes:
*2 decks in 1865;
She was valued at $26,000, in 1863); $23,000, in 1876; $18,000, in 1882;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts; Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Sault St. Marie, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Oswego, New York; Sault St. Marie, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
8. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;
9. Vessel Register: 1863, 1876, 1882;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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