Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Aldebaran (Schooner, 1852)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Aldebaran
Year of Build:
1852
Major repairs:
1862, 1869;
Rebuilt:
1. 1866, William Howell, Buffalo, New York;
Official Number:
312
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Huron, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Frederick D. Ketchum
Ownership Notes:
Bugbee, D., (1852); Gardner, J. N., (1852-1862); Davidson, B. F., (1862); Noyes, J. S., (1864); Burt, Henry, W., (1865-1866); Holland, Nelson, (1867-1868); Farnham, F., (1868-1873); Allen, (1873);
Master(s):
Dusenbug, H. A., (1852); Fravers, W., (1857); Hall, (1858); Foley, J., (1862-1864); Knight, J., (1865); Gage, Isaac, (1867); Amis, L. L., (1868); Holland, Newlson, (1868); Gibson, E. B., (1869); Amers, L. S., (1869); Leonard, D. C., (1878);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 121' 11" Width/Beam: 27' 4" Depth: 10' 10"
1865
Length: 123.1' Width/Beam: 28' Depth: 9.55'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 303 + 56/95
1865
Gross: 232.08
1866
Gross: 251.35
Enrollments/Registration
November 16, 1852
   Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 2-21-1856
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February 21, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 12 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-22-1857
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April 22, 1857
   Port: Buffalo Number: 44 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1862
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June 26, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 116 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-23-1862
August 23, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 140 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-16-1864
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April 16, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 61 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1865
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April 18, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 38 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-3-1866
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April 3, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 39 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: *Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 10-2-1866
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October 2, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 251 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-6-1867
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May 6, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-5-1867
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September 5, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 294 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-16-1868
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March 16, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 337 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1868
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April 18, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 365 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-6-1869
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April 6, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Enrollment Lost
Next document: Buffalo 6-21-1869
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June 21, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 307 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1871
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April 11, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 131 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-26-1873
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May 26, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 210 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-21-1877
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Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Aldebaran (1852-1877)
Nationality:
American (1852-1877)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1855, sprang a leak and damaged cargo, repaired, $500 loss;
2. 10/00/1855, Detroit River, collision, (Schooner, General Taylor), repaired, $500 loss;
3. 11;/00/1855, Lake Erie, sprang a leak, (wheat), damaged cargo and vessel, repaired;
4. 00/00/1856, Long Point, Lake Erie, lost anchor, chain, main boom and gaff, repaired;
5. 11/8/1858, Point Pelee Island, parted her chains and went ashore, released, $5, 300 loss, (staves);
6. 9/00/1859, Straits of Mackinaw, collision, (Bark, Grace Greenwood), repaired, $475 loss;
7. 9/00/1859, collision, (Schooner, Zadock Pratt), repaired, $400 loss;
8. 11/00/1859, off Buffalo, parted from her anchors in a gale and succeeded in getting round the North end of Erie Breakwater,
repaired, $250 loss;
9. 5/00/1865, Lake Erie, damaged her outfit in and refitted, $375 loss;
10. 5/00/1866, Detroit River, damaged by collision and repaired, $200 loss;
11. 10/00/1868, Lake Huron, sprang a leak, became waterlogged and repaired, $8, 500 loss, (lumber);
12. 6/00/1874, grounded on Detroit middle ground and lightered off, $600 loss;
13. 10/2/1876, Coatsworth Dock, 25 miles east of Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore;
Notes
General notes:
*1866, head room was added.
She was owned in Buffalo, New York in 1865;
1860, she was valued at $6,400; 1873, she was valued at $7,000;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1873;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
10. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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