Kate Gerlach (Tug (Towboat), 1868)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Quayle and Martin
Ownership Notes:: Gerlach, O., (1868-1869); Gelach, Peter, (1868-1869); Riter, John H., (1869); Wetzel, Leonard, (1869);
Master(s):: Wetzel, O., (1868); Wetzel, John, (1869); Wetzel, Leonard, (1869);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 28, 1868: Port: Cleveland Number: 129 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 10-26-1869
October 26, 1869: Port: Cleveland Number: 134 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-25-1875; Next document: (Papers Lost- Vessel Burned)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer (Tug), Kate Gerlach (1868-1875)
Nationality:: American (1868-1875)
Chronology:: 1. 11/19/1869, Cleveland, Lake Erie, caught fire and burned, sank, $23, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was just listed in 1871 vessel register:
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Vessel Register: 1871;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:

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