Lyman M. Davis (Schooner, 1873)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Muskegon, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: J. P. Arnold
Ownership Notes:: Davis, (1873)-1894); Mason, L., (1873-1876); Mason Lumber Company, (1876-1872); Davis, C. S., (1881); Barnes, F. V., (1884); Munroe, Thomas, (1891-1893); Munroe, William, (1898-1906); McCullough, (1921); Spena (1921);
Master(s):: Barnes, F. V., (1873-1891); Hansen, H. M., (1893); McCullough, John; Daryaw;

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 18, 1873: Port: Grand Haven Number: 22 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Grand Haven 5-1-1876
May 1, 1876: Port: Grand Haven Number: 53 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Grand Haven 5-10-1881
May 10, 1881: Port: Grand Haven Number: 128 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 2-1-1884
February 1, 1884: Port: Grand Haven Number: 56 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-20-1891
May 20, 1891: Port: Grand Haven Number: 93 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-12-1893
June 12, 1893: Port: Grand Haven Number: 103 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 12-14-1906
December 14, 1906: Port: Grand Haven Number: 42 of 1906
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-5-1913
April 5, 1913: Port: Grand Haven
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Enrollment form issued

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Lyman M. Davis (1873-1913);
b. Barge, Lyman M. Davis (1913-1934)
Nationality:: American ( 1873-1913); Canada (1913 -1934)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost her deck load of lumber, $2, 000 loss;
2. 11/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost her deck load of lumber, $900 loss;
3. 6/29/1934, off Sunnyside Park, Toronto, burned and sank as a public spectacle;

Notes

General notes:: *1913 she goes Canadian as a barge with her home port being Kingston, Ontario;
1898 she got a new deck;
She was valued at $16.000, in 1873; $7,000, in 1882; $4,000, in 1890; $2,000, in1898; $2,500, in 1903;
She was the last commercial Schooner in commission on the Great Lakes;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1873-1903);
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1873-1913);

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