William H. Craig (Schooner, 1857)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Milan, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Merry & Gay
Ownership Notes:: Frost, L., (1857); Bradley, N. B., (1858); Bradley, A. B., (1859-1860); Woodworth, James. H., (1862-1864); Bradley, Charles, (1865); McGraw, A., (1866);
Master(s):: Bard, E. N., (1857); Bard, C. M., (1858-1859); Woolson, T. O., (1862); White, R. H., (1865); Pomeroy, J. W., (1866);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 30, 1857: Port: Chicago Number: 78 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 7-14-1858
July 14, 1858: Port: Detroit Number: 99 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-29-1859
July 29, 1859: Port: Chicago Number: 60 of 1859
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-1-1859
August 1, 1859: Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-7-1862
May 7, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 81 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-17-1865
April 17, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 209 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 7-2-1866
July 2, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 2 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-23-1869; Next document: (Vessel lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, William H. Craig (1857-1869)
Nationality:: American (1857-1869)
Chronology:: 1. 3/00/1859, Buffalo Harbor, struck by lightning, foremast split, repaired, $250 loss;
2. 11/27/1859, Buffalo, ashore and released, (wheat), hull $2, 500 loss, cargo $12, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1860, St. Clair Rapids, collision, (Schooners, Milwaukee Belle, C. H. Walker, and Arcturus), $400 loss;
4. 7/00/1861, Chicago, collision, (Steamer, Minnesota), repaired, $100 loss;
5. 7/00/1861, near Bar Point, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, Enterprise), repaired, $200 loss;
6. 9/00/1869, Chicago, damaged her outfit by collision and refitted;
7. 11/00/1869, damaged outfit in a gale on Lake Michigan and refitted;
8. 11/00/1869, Point Peninsula, Green Bay, ashore and released, (iron ore);

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $11,200;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861,1/22/1862;
7. Wright's Master Sheet;
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);

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