Phalarope (Schooner, 1854)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Phalarope
Year of Build:: 1854
Major repairs:: 1864;
Official Number:: 19766

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Rodney (Roderick) Calkins
Ownership Notes:: Winslow, R. K., (1854); Pomeroy, S. B., (1855-1860); Brown, J. M.,, (1858); William, E.W., (1859); Porter, William, (1863-1865); Merrill, J. B., (1863-1865);
Master(s):: Davis, A., (1854-1855); Pratt, C., (1856); Brown, J. M., (1857); Alvert, L. C., (1859); Porter, William, (1863); Doyle, Ed, (1865);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1854)

Hull Dimensions

1854: Length: 136' 11 + 3/4" Width/Beam: 26' 3" Depth: 11' 1"
1865: Length: 134.7' Width/Beam: 26.3' Depth: 10.1'

Tonnage

1854: Gross: 371 + 34/95
1865: Gross: 363 + 38/95

Enrollments/Registration

October 4, 1854: Port: Cleveland Number: 89 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 4-13-1855
April 13, 1855: Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1856
May 1, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 53 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-31-1857
March 31, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 21 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-20-1858
August 20, 1858: Port: Milwaukee Number: 45 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-18-1859
April 18, 1859: Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-10-1860
August 10, 1860: Port: Chicago Number: 65 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-1-1863
April 1, 1863: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 3 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-4-1863
June 4, 1863: Port: Milwaukee Number: 92 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-5-1865
May 5, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 7 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 5-23-1865
May 23, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 84 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 10-17-1872; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Phalarope (1854-1872)
Nationality:: American (1854-1872)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1858, near Mammy Judy Island, having the Schooner, Phalarope in tow, collided with an unknown Propeller. The Propeller, after getting clear of the tug, fell foul of the Schooner and carried away her bowsprit, repaired, $1, 500 loss;
2. 9/00/1859, Chicago Harbor, collision, (Bark, America), repaired, $2, 500 loss;
3. 11/00/1860, collision, (Schooner, Traveller), repaired, $1, 000 loss;
4. 7/00/1869, lost her mainboom by a squall on Lake Erie and replaced;
5. 11/00/1869, damaged by heavy weather on Lake Ontario and repaired;
6. 9/28/1872, Rondeau, Lake Erie, ashore, hull went to pieces, abandoned in 1872, $18, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $8,600; 1866, she was valued at $6,500;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Ogdensburg, New York;
3. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
10. John Poole's notes;
11. Wright's Master Sheet;

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