Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Acorn
Also known as:
Alaska
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
356
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Dalhousie, Ontario
Vessel Type:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. Muir and Brothers
Ownership Notes:
Muir, D., (1864-1882); Muir, A., (1864-1883); Perrett, John, (1867); Rogers, Thomas, (1869);
Master(s):
Cook, F. (1866); Perreth, John, (1867); McPherson, W., (1867); Rogers, Thomas, (1869); McKee, C., (1871); Young, R., (1874);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1866)
Hull Dimensions
1866
Length: 125.2' Width/Beam: 26.1' Depth: 10.1'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 393
1866
Gross: 316.31 Net: 302.76
Enrollments/Registration
June 12, 1866

Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: By order of Secretary
Next document: Chicago 7-11-1866
July 11, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Act. 4-25-1866
Next document: Port Huron 7-31-1867
July 31, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 8-19-1867
August 19, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 45 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Huron 8-18-1869
August 18, 1869
   Port: Port Huron Number: 4 of 1869
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 9-6-1869
September 6, 1869
   Port: Chicago Number: 45 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Erie 9-27-1870
September 27, 1870
   Port: Erie Number: 5 of 1870
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 4-1-1871
April 1, 1871
   Port: Chicago Number: 124 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Huron 4-20-1874
April 20, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 3 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 5-13-1874
May 13, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 223 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 4-19-1882
April 19, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 161 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 9-28-1883
September 28, 1883
   Port: Port Huron Number: 41 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name Changed
Next document: Port Huron 10-9-1884

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Acron (1863-1883);
b. Schooner, Alaska (1883-1884)
Nationality:
Canadian (1863-1884)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1866, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $4, 600 loss;
2. 8/00/1868, Buffalo, collision, (Schooner, Telegraph), repaired;
3. 5/25/1871, Salmon Point, Lake Ontario, ashore in a fog and released, (timber), $800 loss;
4. 8/27;/1871, Port Huron, collision, (Frankie Wilcox), repaired;
5. 8/00/1873, Lake Superior, sprang a leak, repaired, $3, 900 loss;
6. 8/24/1884, Scott's Point, Bois Blanc Island, near Sheboygan, Michigan, Lake Huron, ashore, (iron ore);
7. 9/17/1884, Scott's Point, Lake Michigan, ashore, (iron ore);
Notes
General notes:
She was valued at $16,000, in 1864; $15,000, in1873; $8,000 in 1878; $7,000, in 1882;
She got new decks in 1872;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Erie, Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Erie, Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Joh n Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1864-1882);
5/ U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1884);
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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