Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Uncle Tom
Year of Build:
1855
Major repairs:
1868;
Official Number:
25040
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milan, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
William Shupe or Gay & Merry
Ownership Notes:
Barney, G., (1855); Foyer, W. P, (1855); Malcom, W. S., (1858-1861); Latham, (1860); Tozer, (1860); Skidmore, L. M., (1864-1865); Goulding, M., (1864); Gibson, E. B., (1872); Cardinell, R., (1874);
Master(s):
Kline, A. F., (1855); Williams, S., (1855); Williams, H., (1858); Van Buren, M. C., (1859); McIntire, J., (1861);Skidmore, L. M., (1864); Alair, Frances, (1865); Gibson, E. B., (1872-1874);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1855)
Hull Dimensions
1855
Length: 117' 10" Width/Beam: 24' 10" Depth: 11'
1865
Length: 118.3' Width/Beam: 24.6' Depth: 10.6'
Tonnage
1855
Gross: 296 + 16/95
1865
Gross: 230.26
Enrollments/Registration
April 13, 1855
   Port: Sandusky Number: 6 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 9-10-1855
September 10, 1855
   Port: Oswego Number: 33 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-25-1858
May 25, 1858
   Port: Oswego Number: 24 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-4-1859
August 4, 1859
   Port: Oswego Number: 21 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 12-9-1861
December 9, 1861
   Port: Oswego Number: 71 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 6-3-1864
June 3, 1864
   Port: Toledo Number: 30 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 5-5-1865
May 5, 1865
   Port: Toledo Number: 13 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Toledo 4-23-1868
April 23, 1868
   Port: Toledo Number: 64 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-12-1872
October 12, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-2-1874
View document online
September 2, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 11 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-31-1875
View document online

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Uncle Tom (1855-1875)
Nationality:
American (1855-1875)
Chronology:
1. 5/30/1855, Tecumseh Reef, ashore and released, cargo $1, 000 loss, hull $300 loss;
2. 5/00/1863, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $6, 300 loss;
3. 11/00/1866, Pidgeon Bay, Lake Erie, dismasted in a gale and replaced, $500 loss;
4. 11/3/1874, Port Maitland, ashore, staves;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $7,000; 1873, she was valued at $4,500;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1873;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
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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