: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: White Lake, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: James Dalton
Ownership Notes:: Dalton, James, (1863-1867); Dalton, Joseph M., (1863); Dalton, Peter, (1863); Rogers, H. B., (1864);
Master(s):: Barington, R. M., (1864); Dalton, James, (1867);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 8, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 160 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 3-25-1864
March 25, 1864: Port: Detroit Number: 10 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-3-1867
May 3, 1867: Port: Grand Haven Number: 60 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured - Rebuilt
Next document: Grand Haven 3-17-1874; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer (Tug), Union (1862-1874)
Nationality:: American (1862-1874)
Chronology:: 1. 11/(6-19)/1869, Peshtigo Reef, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
2. 11/14/1870, Saginaw Bay, caught fire and burned, repaired;
3. 4/00/1871, Elm Reef, Lake Michigan, struck the reef and repaired, $275 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Round Stern
She was abandoned in 1874;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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