Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Argo (Schooner, 1847)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Argo
Year of Build:
1847
Major repairs:
1865;
Official Number:
362
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sackets Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
George A. Dickenson
Ownership Notes:
Canfield, T., (1849-1850); Rounds, G. W., (1854); Hudson, E. W., (1854); Van SchaiK, A. G., (1856-1860); Hackler, F., (1862-1865); Whitman, A., (1863-1864); Taylor, (1866); Walsh, F., (1866-1867); Walker, C., (1867); Brown, J., (1869);
Master(s):
Wilcox, C. (1850-1854); Ackley, A. A., (1854); Buckley, J., (1856);Haussauer, H. M., (1859); Berge, C., (1862); Donovan, J. (1865); Walsh, F., (1866-1869); Nelson, N., (1867); Cosgoove, J., (1869);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1847)
Hull Dimensions
1847
Length: 121' Width/Beam: 25' 5" Depth: 9' 4"
1865
Length: 121.4' Width/Beam: 25.7' Depth: 9.1'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 233 + 49/95
1865
Enrollments/Registration
April 28, 1847
   Port: Sacketts Harbor Number: 6 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sacketts Harbor 7-12-1849
July 12, 1849
   Port: Sacketts Harbor Number: 22 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sacketts Harbor 8-10-1850
August 10, 1850
   Port: Sacketts Harbor Number: 20 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 5-27-1854
May 27, 1854
   Port: Detroit Number: 62 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-9-1854
August 9, 1854
   Port: Chicago Number: 92 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-10-1856
April 10, 1856
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 22 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-13-1857
April 13, 1857
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 26 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-8-1858
June 8, 1858
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 20 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-27-1859
April 27, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 91 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1860
June 26, 1860
   Port: Chicago Number: 45 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-21-1862
March 21, 1862
   Port: Chicago Number: 25 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-22-1865
April 22, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 253 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-2-1866
April 2, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 646 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-30-1867
March 30, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 367 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-8-1867
April 8, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 291 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago4-7-1869
April 7, 1869
   Port: Chicago Number: 217 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-12-1880

Next document: (Vessel Abandonded)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Argo (1847-1880)
Nationality:
American (1847-1880)
Chronology:
1. 10/25/1849, North Bass Island, Lake Erie, ashore, threw 300 bushels of wheat overboard, released, $3, 000 loss;
2. 12.4.1854, got aground in the ice, lost both anchors and chains, replaced, $900 loss;
3. 4/12/1856, near Milwaukee, ashore and released;
4. 12/00/1856, Lake Michigan, lost her canvas in a gale and replaced, $300 loss;
5. 7/00/1860, Chicago River, lost a man overboard;
6. 5/1/1866, Chicago, Lake Michigan, sank and repaired, $400 loss;
7. 4/00/1869, Kilderhouse pier, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $600 loss, (lumber);
8. 6/00/1869, Detroit Island, ashore and released, $1, 400 loss;
9. 7/00/1869, Chicago, lost jibboom by collision, (Propeller, Oneida), and replaced;
10. 4/00/1874, hull damaged in a gale on lake Michigan, repaired, $200 loss;
11. 7/00/1874, hull damaged by collision at Pilot Island and repaired, $300 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1879, she is listed in the Vessel Register, but is not insurable;
1878, she was condemned at Chicago, 31 years old;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollments: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 12/29/1849, 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
8, Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1886);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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