: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: William W. Bates, Stephen Bates and J. Randell
Ownership Notes:: Goodrich, A. E., (1861-1864); Mead, James H., (1863-1866); Bottsford, (1866); Moffatt, (1866); Cole, G. C., (1866-1867); Curtis, L., (1869-1871); English, M., (1872-1873);
Master(s):: Goodrich, A. E., (1861); Cooper, C. R., (1863); Davis, George, (1865-1867); Kirtland, C. E., (1866); Denmont, G., (1869); Griffin, J., (1872);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 14, 1861: Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1863
May 2, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 85 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-22-1865
May 22, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 85 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 5-18-1866
May 18, 1866: Port: Milwaukee Number: 199 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-15-1867
May 15, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 122 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-27-1869
April 27, 1869: Port: Milwaukee Number: 97 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-27-1872
April 27, 1872: Port: Milwaukee Number: 78 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-1-1873; Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Union (1861-1873)
Nationality:: American (1861-1873)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1871, Saginaw Bay, dumped cargo of flour in a storm, $3, 775 loss;
2. 5/000/1872, Strawberry Reef, Green Bay, broke her shaft, went ashore and released, $1000 loss;
3. 6/14/1872, Laughing Whitefish Reef, Lake Superior, ashore in a fog and released, $7, 000 loss;
4. 9/00/1872, Strawberry Reef, Green Bay, broke her shaft and repaired, $800 loss;
5. 9/15/1873, Au Sable Point, Michigan, off White Fish Bay, Lake Superior, ashore and became a total loss, $41, 000 loss;
6. 8/22/1879, side-wheel Steamer, J. K. White, salvaged the engine and boiler;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $28,000, in 1863; $22,000, in 1866; $18,000, in 1873;
1866 noted as a ferry boat;
She was lost in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1863-1873);
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
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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