Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Plymouth (Propeller, 1854)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Plymouth
Year of Build:
1854
Major repairs:
(1864), (1879);
Rebuilt:
1. 1878, Buffalo, NewYork;
2. 1882, Port Huron, Michigan;
2. 1885, Algonac, Michigan;
Official Number:
19621
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio*
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Ira Laffrienier & Stevenson
Ownership Notes:
Western Transporation Company, (1854-1878); Sternberg, P. L., (1855-1856); Root, B. A., (1859-1865); Allen, J., Jr., (1874); McLewis, C., (1878); McInnis, (1879);; Coatsnuth, E., (1882); Logen, J. B., (1883); Baker, Willliam, (1885); Young,, Walter D., (1889-1899); Gray Transportation Company, (1902-1907); McLigue, J. Joseph, (1909); McLigue, Margaret, (1909);
Master(s):
Gibson, C. H., (1855-1856); Drske, J., (1865); Dissett, J. H., (1874); McLewis, C., (1878); Calah, W. H., (1882); Logen, J. B., (1883); Baker,William, (1885); Young, Walter D., (1889=1891);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1854)
Hull Dimensions
1854
Length: 212' 6 + 3/4" Width/Beam: 32' 4" Depth: 12' 10 + 1/2"
1865
Length: 213.5' Width/Beam: 33.6' Depth: 11.25'
1882**
Length: 213.5' Width/Beam: 33.6' Depth: 11.7'
1885
Length: 213.1' Width/Beam: 35.2' Depth: 13.6'
Tonnage
1854
Gross: 846 + 40/95
1865
Gross: 1029.89
1878
Gross: 875.91
1882
Gross: 570.17
1885
Gross: 776.73 Net: 739.68
Enrollments/Registration
May 12, 1854
   Port: Buffalo Number: 109 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-14-1855
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May 14, 1855
   Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-28-1856
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February 28, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 13 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-11-1859
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May 11, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 31 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Company Change
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1865
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April 24, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 53 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-10-1874
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April 10, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 198 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-5-1877
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June 5, 1877
   Port: Buffalo Number: 51 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-14-1878
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June 13, 1878
   Port: Port Huron Number: 8 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Buffalo 6-21-1878
June 21, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-12-1882
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April 12, 1882
   Port: Buffalo Number: 75 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-11-1882
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October 11, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 58 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: (Altered to a Barge)
Next document: Buffalo 11-2-1883
November 2, 1883
   Port: Buffalo Number: 22 of 1883
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-7-1885
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July 7, 1885
   Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (Tonnage Changed)
Next document: Detroit 11-22-1887

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
April 4, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 116 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Redocumented
Next document: Port Huron 2-7-1891
February 7, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 66 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 12-29-1902
December 29, 1902
   Port: Cleveland Number: 38 of 1902
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 2-19-1907
February 19, 1907
   Port: Cleveland Number: 48 of 1907
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Officers Changed
Next document: Cleveland 7-2-1909
July 2, 1909
   Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1909
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 11-1-1909
November 1, 1909
   Port: Cleveland Number: 23 of 1909
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Marquette 4-11-1912
April 11, 1912
   Port: Marquette
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Plymouth (1854-1882);
b. Barge, Plymouth (1882-1885);
c. Schooner, Plymouth (1885-1913)
Nationality:
American (1854-1913)
Chronology:
1. 10/29/1855, near Racine (reef), ashore and released, $3, 000 loss;
2. 9/20/1856, Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan, collision, (sunk Schooner, Colonel Camp), repaired;
3. 9/00/1859, Lake Huron, lost a man overboard;
4. 11/29/1862, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (flour and corn);
5. 9/00/1868, Lake Huron, broke her engine and repaired, $3, 000 loss;
6. 7/00/1869, Straits of Mackinaw, broke her machinery and repaired. $2, 300 loss;
7. 10/00/1869, St. Clair River, damaged in a collision, (Steamer, Dove), and repaired;
8. 11/00/1869, Detroit, collision, (Steamer, Great Western), repaired;
9. 9/00/1870, Lake Erie, broken crankpin and repaired, $275 loss;
10. 10/24/1887, northwest corner of Presque Isle, 5 miles north of Marquette, Michigan, Lake Superior, ashore and released;
10. 11/8/1913, St. Martins Island, (near Gull Island, Lake Michigan), foundered, (7 lives lost);
Notes
General notes:
*She was built in Ohio City, Cleveland, Ohio in April, 1854;
**Her length, width and depth in 1885 was ----------------;
She had 3 masts in 1885;
She was valued at $30,000 in 1860 and $12,000 in 1879;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Marquette, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Marquette, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 678;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1886-1914);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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