John Weeden (Schooner, 1857)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John F. Squire
Ownership Notes:: Lane, W. G., (1858-1864); Chesebrough, A., (1864-1867); Hand, (1860-1864);
Master(s):: Hand, G. W., (1858); Hands, James M., (1859-1867);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 21, 1857: Port: Sandusky Number: 32 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 10-23-1858
October 23, 1858: Port: Sandusky Number: 30 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 8-24-1859
August 24, 1859: Port: Sandusky Number: 23 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 10-23-1859
October 23, 1859: Port: Sandusky Number: 30 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 7-18-1860
July 18, 1860: Port: Sandusky Number: 15 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-29-1864
April 29, 1864: Port: Toledo Number: 2 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1867
April 19, 1867: Port: Detroit Number: 84 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Vessel & Document Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, John Weeden (1857- )
Nationality:: American (1857- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1858, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, split her mainsail, lost both her anchors and put into Cleveland for repairs, $250 loss;
2. 7/2/1859, caught on fire in consequence of heating varnish in the cabin, burned and rebuilt, $1, 200 loss;
3. 7/00/1865, Lake Superior, lost main sail by lightening and repaired, $600 loss;
4. 4/27/1867, West Sister Island, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
5. 7/00/1869, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and repaired, $300 loss;
6. 10/00/1869, disabled her outfit in a storm on Lake Michigan and repaired;
7. 10/00/1869, Sheboygan, collision, (Bark, Favorite), sank, $25, 000 loss;
8. 11/00/1869, Lake Ontario, collision, (Schooner, Orion), went ashore and became a total loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Large repairs in the winter of 1865-1866 by Jennison at Toledo, Ohio;
1860, she was valued at $9,700; 1866, she was valued at $7,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);

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