Lewis Day (Schooner, 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 31, 1868: Port: Chicago Number: 37 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1872
May 1, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 126 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-21-1873
May 21, 1873: Port: Buffalo Number: 19 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 6-9-1873
June 9, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 265 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 7-20-1874
July 20, 1874: Port: Chicago Number: 6 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-30-1881; Next document: (Vessel lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Lewis Day (1868-1881)
Nationality:: American (1868-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 5/000/1870, Chicago, collision and repaired;
2. 4/00/1871, Green Bay, Death's Door, struck a rock and repaired;
3. 12/00/1871, Beaver Harbor, East of Lower Light, ashore and released;
4. 10/00/1881, Plum Island, Wisconsin, ashore and sank;

Notes

General notes:: John Poole notes: Bark rigged vessel, 650 tons, hail Green Bay.
1873, she was valued at $12,000, refastened in 1871;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1883);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

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