Oregon (Propeller, 1845)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Sanford and Moses
Ownership Notes:: Moses, Luther, (1845); Sanford, Daniel, (1845); Bragton, Robert, (1845); Hart, A. R., (1845); Woolsey, John M., (1845-1854); Kimberly, I. L., (1845); Pease, John, (1845); Cort, Charles, (1845); Ide, John S., (1845); Watson, Charles U., (1845); Edgerton, Julius, (1845); Pease, John, (1847-1851); Hart, A. C., (1852); Squire, H., (1853); Robinson, Alanson, (1853-1854); Hills, A., (1854); Jones, George W., (1855);
Master(s):: Hart, A. E., (1845); Curly, R. H., (1852); Newkirk, E., (1853); Sab__, C. R., (1854) Stewart, John, (1855);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 21, 1845: Port: Cleveland Number: 16 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-19-1847
April 19, 1847: Port: Buffalo Number: 19 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-21-1850
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May 21, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 43 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo4-21-1851
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April 21, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 33 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1852
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May 8, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 69 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-31-1852
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July 31, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 97 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-16-1853
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August 16, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 113 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-12-1854
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April 12, 1854: Port: Buffalo Number: 66 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Oregon (1845-1861)
Nationality:: American (1845-1861)
Chronology:: 1. 11/15/1852, South Bass Island, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, ran ashore, sank and raised, (flour), $6, 000 loss;
2. 4/20/1855, Belle Island, near Hog Island, Detroit River, boiler exploded and sank, (17 lives lost), $8, 000 loss;
3. 5/7/1859, hull was raised and taken to dry dock to be rebuilt;
4. 11/11/1859, St. Clair flats, sank while in tow of the Tug Reindeer;
5. 9/00/1861, hull was raised;

Notes

General notes:: Lytle-Holdcamper says she was lost in 1855;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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