Honest John (Schooner, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: David Clough (Clow)
Ownership Notes:: Clough, David, (1848); Beckwih, Edward, (1848); McDermat, C., (1849); Mears, C., (1850-1855); Newton, Alexander, (1864); Gilhuby, J. G., (1864-1865); Hansen, P., (1880); McCornick, C., (1880);
Master(s):: Anderson, C., (1848); Pease, R., (1849); Peterson, (1854); Isaacs, (1854); Gilhuby, J. G., (1864-1865); Hansen, P., (1880); Roberts, L., (1880);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Chicago 7-14-1848
July 14, 1848: Port: Chicago Number: 37 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-2-1849
November 2, 1849: Port: Chicago Number: 51 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-25-1850
June 25, 1850: Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-14-1860
May 14, 1860: Port: Chicago Number: 38 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-25-1864
October 25, 1864: Port: Chicago Number: 322 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-21-1865
October 21, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 558 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 10-28-1879; Next document: (Vessel Stripped & Laid up)
March 16, 1880: Port: Chicago Number: 104 of 1880
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 4-2-1880
April 2, 1880: Port: Milwaukee Number: 85 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 3-31-1884; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Honest John (1848- )
Nationality:: American (1848-1884)
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/1850, Muskegon, ashore and released;
2. 4/3/1854, ashore in a gale and released;
3. 8/00/1873, Lake Michigan, hull damaged in a gale and repaired, $175 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1879, 1878, vessel was laid up;
She ended up as an elevator at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the bone yard;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1879, 1880;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1884);

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