Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
America
Year of Build:
1849
Major repairs:
1868, 1869, 1883, 1887, 1889;
Rebuilt:
1. 1872;
Official Number:
355
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Clalyton, New York
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
John Oades
Ownership Notes:
Esselslyne, H., (1854); Northrup, G. C., (1857); Norton, R. M., (1858); Norton, B. M., (1860); Van Schaick, A. G., (1861-1862); Luddington, W., (1863-1866); Brissach, Barbara, (1864); Brsock, B., (1864); Clark, S. D., (1865); Bradner, L., (1868-1872); Clark,Richard, (1871); Charnley Brothers, (1876-1882); Channley, C. H. (1878-1881); Davidson, B. F., (1887-1888); McGraw, A. L., (1889); Condon, William, H., (1894-1895); Durham Towing & Wrecking Co., (1895);
Master(s):
Harry, O., (1854); Davis, O., (1858-1861); Westman, C., (1864); Smith, W. A., (1865); Goodall, T., (1868); Lovedale, H. (1872-1873); Lovedale, F., (1878-1881); Weiman, F. F., (1887-1888); McGraw, A. L., (1895); Condon, William, (1894); Durham, J. S., (1895);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1849)
Hull Dimensions
1872
Length: 138.5' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 9.9'
Tonnage
1849
Gross: 374 + 58/95
1865
Gross: 257.74 Net: 257.21
1872
Gross: 270.74 Net: 257.21
Enrollments/Registration
April 1, 1853
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 7 of 1853
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: French Creek 10-23-1854
October 23, 1854
   Port: French Creek Number: 24 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-29-1857
July 29, 1857
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 59 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-28-1858
August 28, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 49 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-22-1960
October 22, 1860
   Port: Chicago Number: 84 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-29-1861
October 29, 1861
   Port: Chicago Number: 97 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-14-1862
November 14, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 166 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-22-1864
April 22, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 121 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-30-1865
March 30, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 78 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-7-1868
April 7, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 269 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago4-22-1872
April 22, 1872
   Port: Chicago Number: 112 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to Schooner
Next document: Chicago 3-28-1873
March 28, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 199 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-29-1878
October 29, 1878
   Port: Chicago Number: 18 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-5-1881
November 5, 1881
   Port: Chicago Number: 29 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Error in description of vessel
Next document: Chicago 4-15-1887
April 15, 1887
   Port: Chicago Number: 74 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-10-1888
April 10, 1888
   Port: Chicago Number: 80 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-26-1889
February 26, 1889
   Port: Chicago Number: 47 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1884
May 9, 1884
   Port: Chicago Number: 88 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-24-1895
April 24, 1895
   Port: Chicago Number: 88 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-1-1895
November 1, 1895
   Port: Chicago Number: 45 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-26-1899

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, America (1849-1872);
b. Schooner, America (1872-1899)
Nationality:
American (1849-1899)
Chronology:
1. 12/4/1854, Stony Point, Lake Ontario, ashore and released;
2. 10/00/1856, near Mackinaw, collision, (Schooner, Curlew), repaired, $2, 000 loss;
3. 9/00/1859, Chicago Harbor, collision, (Schooner, Phalarope), repaired, $2, 500 loss;
4. 10/00/1859, Chicago Harbor, struck by lightning and repaired, $350 loss;
5. 8/00/1869, Lake Michigan, sprang a leak and repaired;
6. 6/00/1871, Waugoshance, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
7. 9/8/1899, 35 miles northeast of Chicago, Lake Michigan, sank;
Notes
General notes:
Her value in 1882 was $6,000 and she is just listed in 1899 with no value given;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York; Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollments: Cape Vincent, New York; Chicago, Illinois; French Creek, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, (1878-1879), 1882, (1884-1893), (1896-01899);
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
Contact
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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