George F. Foster (Schooner, 1852)

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Identification

Vessel name:: George F. Foster
Year of Build:: 1852
Rebuilt:: 1. 1869;
Official Number:: 10195

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Meadoncroft, R., (1852-1853); Rawson, (1860); Hanson, T., (1862); Johnson, P., (1863); Hansen, John, (1864-1865); Nelson, D., (1867); Miller, J., (1867); Ackerman, T., (1867); Miller, (1870); Stracham, (1870);
Master(s):: McIntosh, D., (1852); Gary, W., (1853); Haven, N., (1855); Hanson, T., (1862) Hanson, John, (1863-1865); Nelson, D., (1867); Miller, J., (1867); Foster, George, (1867); Smith, Henry, (1870);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1852)

Hull Dimensions

1852: Length: 93' 6" Width/Beam: 22' 4" Depth: 6' 7"
1865: Length: 93.6' Width/Beam: 21.5' Depth: 6.4'

Tonnage

1852: Gross: 123 + 89/95
1865: Gross: 93.05

Enrollments/Registration

May 27, 1852: Port: Chicago Number: 36 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 7-5-1853
July 5, 1853: Port: Chicago Number: 36 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-10-1855
April 10, 1855: Port: Chicago Number: 10 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-31-1860
May 31, 1860: Port: Chicago Number: 43 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-14-1862
August 14, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 138 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-12-1863
May 12, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 130 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-23-1864
April 23, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 122 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-3-1865
April 3, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 104 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 2-20-1867
February 20, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 198 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-26-186
March 26, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 58 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1867
April 9, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 298 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: (Copy Transmitted- Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, George F. Foster (1852-1871)
Nationality:: American (1852-1871)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1859, off White Lake, lost a man overboard;
2. 7/00/1862, Lake Michigan, collision, (sank Schooner, Helen Kent), and repaired;
2. 4/00/1867, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $375 loss;
3. 10/00/1869, Pentwater pier, Lake Michigan, damaged by striking pier and repaired;
4. 7/00/1870, Lake Michigan, lost 3 men overboard;
5. 10/00/1870, Big Point Sauble, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $8, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: (1860-Vessel Register)-$2,500 Value-B2;
She was sometimes noted as "George H. Foster";
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Vessel Register: 1860;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7. John Poole's notes;
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Email:[email protected]
Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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