Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Quickstep
Year of Build:
1855
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
20513
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
East Saginaw, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Martin Smith
Ownership Notes:
Mott, C. B., (1855-1861); English, A., (1862-1864); Kanter, E, (1864-1865); Eagan, W. M., (1865); White, C., (1866-1868); White, William, (1866);
Master(s):
Smith, Martin, (1855-1861); Meany, S., (1862); Rose, Harry, (1864); Rose, Henry, (1865); White, W., (1865-1866); Evans, R., (1868);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1855)
Hull Dimensions
1855
Length: 125' 6" Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 8' 6"
1865
Length: 123' Width/Beam: 26.4' Depth: 9.6'
Tonnage
1855
Gross: 255 + 67/95
1865
Gross: 211.38
1868
Gross: 237.98
Enrollments/Registration
October 24, 1855
   Port: Detroit Number: 139 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 5-3-1861
May 3, 1861
   Port: Detroit Number: 40 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-5-1862
May 5, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 69 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-13-1864
April 13, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 50 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-6-1865
April 6, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 14 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 10-7-1865
October 7, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 539 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-28-1866
April 28, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 723 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-25-1868
May 25, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 352 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt (Readmeasured)

Next document: (Vessel Lost- Copy Transmitted)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Quickstep (1855-1869)
Nationality:
American (1855-1869)
Chronology:
1. 11/00/1856, Lake Michigan, damaged cargo in a gale, (wheat), repaired, $200 loss;
2. 10/00/1858, Lake Huron, jettisoned deck load (lumber), $300 loss;
3. 11/00/1858, above Port Huron, collision, (unknown vessel), lost her bowsprit, $200 loss;
4. 4/00/1859, off Kettle Point, lost a man overboard;
5. 6/12/1859, St. Clair Flats, ashore and released;
6. 11/19/1869, Long Point Cut, collision, (Schooner, Anna Hanson), (coal), ashore and sank, total loss;
7. 7/25/1871, Steamer, Rescue visited the hull for the purpose of salvage;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $6,500; 1866, she was valued at $6,500;
Sources:
1. Master Abstract: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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