G. G. Cooper (Schooner, 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: G. G. Cooper
Year of Build:: 1862
Major repairs:: 1871;
Rebuilt:: 1.1878;
Official Number:: 10192

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Madison Dock, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: A. Bailey & D. E. Bailey
Ownership Notes:: Rogers, H. W., (1862-1865); Nims, S. E., (1865); Harry, W. C., (1865); Gurderyahn, F. W., (1866-1869); Nims, O., (1866); Gudeyahn, (1866-1876); Gaderyhn, F., (1871-1873); Higgie, W., (1877-1879);
Master(s):: Harry, William C., (1862-1865); Myer, Charles, (1866); Ledden, T., (1869); Sonner, F., (1871); Nelson, W., (1873); Higgie, F. B., (1877-1878);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 139.1' Width/Beam: 26.14' Depth: 11.79'
1865: Length: 138.1' Width/Beam: 26.3' Depth: 11.9'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 400 + 54/95
1865: Gross: 310.75
1878

Enrollments/Registration

October 8, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 2 of 1862
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Rochester 4-8-1863
April 8, 1863: Port: Rochester
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Rochester 4-20-1865
April 20, 1865: Port: Rochester Number: 149 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 8-28-1865
August 28, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 313 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-17-1866
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September 17, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 221 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-5-1866
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October 5, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 106 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-21-1869
September 21, 1869: Port: Buffalo Number: 68 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 10-5-1869
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October 5, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 62 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 3-29-1871
March 29, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 112 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-24-1873
February 24, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 145 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-8-1875
March 8, 1875: Port: Chicago Number: 52 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-13-1877
June 13, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 71 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1878
April 27, 1878: Port: Chicago Number: 83 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-10-1878; Next document: (Bound Foreign)
June 10, 1878: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Chicago 7-21-1879; Next document: ( "Condemned at Teneriffe,; Next document: Canary Islands")

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, G. G. Cooper (1862-1878)*;
b. Unknown, G. G. Cooper (1878- )
Nationality:: American (1862-1878); Canada (1878- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1863, Cleveland, collision with a steamer and repaired, $150 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, (Bark, Two Fannies), and repaired, $3, 000 loss;
3. 4/00/1874, sprang a leak while loading at Chicago, repaired, $300 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Also known as George G. Cooper.
1878 - Rig changed in Chicago.
1871 - New decks.
Home Port: Chicago, 1869-1878, 1880; Michigan City, Indiana, 1879;
1863, she was valued at $18,000; 1873, she was valued at $14,000; 1878, she was valued at $6,000; 1879, she went to Sea;
June, 1878, she was chartered for Europe with deals;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Rochester, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1864, 1866,1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);
8. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:;

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