Young America (Steambarge, 1853)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Bidwell and Jacob W. Banta
Ownership Notes:: Bancroff, Charles, (1853-1854); Eddy, G. A., (1856); Northern Transportation Company, (1856-1873); Breed, A. J., (1861); Chamberlain, P., (1864-1865);
Master(s):: Bancroff, Lewis W., (1853-1854); Chapman, E., (1855); Chadwick, C. J., (1856-1859); Tyler, L. M., (1861); Taylor, Lester M., (1861); Davis, D. H., (1864-1865); Rossman, (1867); McDonald, R. M., (1868); Brown, John, (1869-1871); Harrow, W., (1870); Waterbury, J. H., (1873);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 11, 1853: Port: Buffalo Number: 111 D of 1853
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 10-4-1853
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October 4, 1853: Port: Detroit Number: 146 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 9-21-1854
September 21, 1854: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 28 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 6-22-1856
June 22, 1856: Port: Ogdensburg Number: 2 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1861
April 22, 1861: Port: Cleveland Number: 33 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-5-1864
May 5, 1864: Port: Cleveland Number: 36 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1865
May 4, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 63 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 8-28-1875; Next document: (Vessel lost & abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Barge), Young America (1853-1875)
Nationality:: American (1853 - 1875)
Chronology:: 1. 7/18/1854, St. Lawrence River, near Alexander Bay, struck a reef, sank and raised, (corn);
2. 10/00/1857, Detroit River, ashore and released, $250 loss;
3. 8/00/1858, Lake Huron, broke her wheel, repaired, $1, 400 loss;
4. 5/11/1871, Hersons Island, the Young America attempted to pull off the grounded Schooner, George Foote, but failed;
5. 5/00/1863, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $3, 800 loss;
6. 10/00/1867, Lake Erie, disabled machinery and repaired, $300 loss;
7. 5/00/1869, Oswego, collision, (Propeller, Dalhousie), and repaired, $400 loss;
8. 9/00/1869, Welland Canal, damaged upper works by collision, (Schooner, Theodore Perry) and repaired, $300 loss;
9. 10/00/1870, Lake Erie, lost 3 men overboard;
10. 10/20/1873, Oak Orchard, New York, near Yates Pier, Lake Ontario, ashore and became a total loss, $1, 500 loss, (2 lives
lost);
11. 00/00/1874, engine and boiler were salvaged;

Notes

General notes:: *She had one deck in 1864;
(1854) - Vessel got a new Keelson.
She was valued at $12,000, in1860; $14,000, in 1866; $18,000, in 1873;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Ogdensburgh, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Ogdensburgh, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1860-1873);
5. Chicago Daily Press: 10/00/1857;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
7. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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