Saxon (Schooner, 1848)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Saxon
Year of Build:: 1848
Major repairs:: 1860, 1862, 1863, 1869;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1860;
Official Number:: 22915

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Point Peninsula, New York*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Brig
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Asa Wilcox
Ownership Notes:: Fitzhugh, Henry, (1848); Littlejohn, Deloris, C., (1848-1853); Green, J. M., (1858-1860); Clark, E. C., (1861); Kitts, W. D., (1862); White, L., (1862); Greene, J. T., (1864); White, J., (1865); Murphy, R.,. (1870);
Master(s):: Davis, John, (1848-1853); Green J. M., (1858); Green, C. W., (1860-1861); Litts, L, (1862-1865); White, L., (1862); Keeler, D., (1870);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1848)

Hull Dimensions

1848: Length: 131' 3" Width/Beam: 24' 3" Depth: 9' 7"

Tonnage

1848: Gross: 265 + 37/95
1860: Gross: 347 + 62/95
1865: Gross: 270.71

Enrollments/Registration

June 24, 1848: Port: Oswego Number: 33 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 5-3-1853
May 3, 1853: Port: Oswego Number: 19 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-9-1858
April 9, 1858: Port: Oswego Number: 14 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-11-1860
May 11, 1860: Port: Oswego Number: 15 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 9-20-1861
September 20, 1861: Port: Oswego Number: 62 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-14-1862
April 14, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 18 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 12-18-1862
December 18, 1862: Port: Oswego Number: 62 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-18-1865
April 18, 1865: Port: Oswego Number: 33 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 8-8-1866
August 8, 1866: Port: Oswego Number: 49 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-6-1867
April 6, 1867: Port: Oswego Number: 6 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-9-1870
April 9, 1870: Port: Oswego Number: 191 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Saxon (1848-1860);
b. Brig, Saxon (1860- )
Nationality:: American (1848- )
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1855, Lake Michigan, dismasted, (corn), towed into port, $1, 000 loss;
2. 10/00/1858, outside the piers at Oswego, Lake Ontario, split her topsail, damaged bulwarks and small boat, repaired,
$100 loss;
3. 4/00/1860, near Lexington, ashore and released, $200 loss;
4. 5/21/1862, Port Maitland, collision, (Propeller, Missouri), sank and raised, (salt);
5. 8/00/1868, Middle Island, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $500 loss;
6. 8/00/1868, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $10, 500 loss;
7. 11/15/1869, North Bass Island, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), released, $2, 000 loss;
8. 7/00/1870, Lake Huron, dismasted and repaired, $800 loss;
9. 11/10/1871, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore, (block stone), hull went to pieces, $24, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Point Peninsula is in Three Mile Bay, New York;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861;
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 692;

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