Aaron Rust (Schooner, 1858)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Aaron Rust
Year of Build:: 1858
Major repairs:: 1873, 1877;
Official Number:: 378

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cottrellville, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Lucien Larned
Ownership Notes:: Rust, A., (1858-1865); English, Alexander, (1865); Legrin, (1866); Lendgreen, C. M., (1866); Wills, J., (1867); Willis, T., (1869); Dall, D., (1869-1879); Spencer, J. G., (1878-1879);
Master(s):: Learned, L., (1858); Mallard, W. B., (1862); Robinson, H. P., (1865); Lendgreen, C. M., (1866); Brien, J., (1867); Reed, H., (1869); Spencer, J. G., (1878); Drivis, T., (1879);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1858)

Hull Dimensions

1858: Length: 128.9' Width/Beam: 29' Depth: 9.7'
1865: Length: 132' Width/Beam: 28' Depth: 8'

Tonnage

1858: Gross: 325 + 66/95
1865: Gross: 224.37

Enrollments/Registration

November 12, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 146 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1862
April 16, 1862: Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-22-1865
April 22, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 77 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 8-25-1865
August 25, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 283 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-31-1866
March 31, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 644 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-13-1867
March 13, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 238 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-25-1866
March 25, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 188 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-9-1869
August 9, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 27 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-8-1872
May 8, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 133 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-20-1878
May 20, 1878: Port: Chicago Number: 104 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 10-12-1878
October 12, 1878: Port: Grand Haven Number: 19 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-24-1879
May 24, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 90 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-3-1879; Next document: (Vessel Lost at Michigan City,; Next document: Indiana.)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Aaron Rust (1858-1879)
Nationality:: American (1858-1879)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1869, hull and outfit damaged in a gale on Lake Michigan and repaired;
2. 11/00/1871, White Lake, Lake Michigan, sank and raised, $2, 600 loss;
3. 6/00/1872, Chicago, collision and repaired, $800 loss;
4. 9/00/1872, Lake Michigan, lost foremast and repaired, $200 loss;
5. 6/00/1873, Chicago harbor, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
6. 6/00/1874, struck a bridge and repaired in Chicago, $100 loss;
7. 9/3/1879, Michigan City, ashore;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $9,200; 1871, she was valued at $6,000; 1879, she was valued at $6,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. John Poole's notes;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: 1868-1880);
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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