Columbia (Schooner, 1844)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Columbia
Year of Build:: 1844
Major repairs:: 1871;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1860;
2. 1879;
Official Number:: 4406

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sackets Harbor, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Pickering, A., (1844); Sprague, A., (1845); Hubby, L. H., (1846-1848); Hearm, J., (1852-1865); Scott, (1864); Capt. T. Perine, (1873); Perrier, T., (1878); Welcome, F. D., (1879); Chamberlin, C. A., (1879); Dana, D. W., (1880); Poole, E., (1880);
Master(s):: Pickering, A., (1844); Sprague, A., (1845-1846); Hart, W. R., (1848); Howard, P., (1852); Christian, C. F., (1854); Graves, O. M., (1865); Glenn, J., (1879); Welcome, F. D., (1879); Dana, D. W., (1880);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1844)

Hull Dimensions

1844: Length: 97' 9" Width/Beam: 20' 6" Depth: 9'
1865: Length: 99' Width/Beam: 20.6' Depth: 9.3'
1879: Length: 99' Width/Beam: 20.6' Depth: 9.3'

Tonnage

1844: Gross: 165 + 90/95
1865: Gross: 128.56
1879: Gross: 128.50

Enrollments/Registration

May 6, 1844: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 11 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-5-1845
April 5, 1845: Port: Cleveland Number: 7 of 1845
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-30-1846
April 30, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-11-1848
May 11, 1848: Port: Cleveland Number: 43 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-20-1850
May 20, 1850: Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-4-1851
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August 4, 1851: Port: Buffalo Number: 59 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Presque Isle 7-1-1852
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July 1, 1852: Port: Presque Isle Number: 8 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Presque Isle 5-8-1854
May 8, 1854: Port: Presque Isle Number: 8 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 4-28-1865
April 28, 1865: Port: Erie Number: 21 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Erie 4-12-1871
April 12, 1871: Port: Erie Number: 18 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 4-25-1871
April 25, 1871: Port: Erie Number: 21 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 9-8-1879
September 8, 1879: Port: Erie Number: 3 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-13-1879
October 13, 1879: Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed (Barge)
Next document: Detroit 3-17-1880
March 17, 1880: Port: Detroit Number: 52 of 1880
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-3-1880
April 3, 1880: Port: Port Huron Number: 99 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-16-1881; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Columbia (1844-1879);
b. Barge, Columbia (1879-1881)
Nationality:: American (1844-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 5/28/1845, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, (wheat);
2. 12/7/1850, Straits of Mackinaw, ashore and released, $500 loss;
3. 10/25/1845, North Manitous, dismasted and repaired;
4. 9/6/1851, Island in Detroit River, ashore and released, $500 loss;
5. 12/7/1855, Buffalo, parted tow line and went ashore, released, $800 loss;
6. 4/00/1859, Kelley's Island, Lake Erie, collision, (Schooner, May Queen), lost jibboom, repaired, $150 loss;
7. 8/00/1859, off Dunkirk, Lake Erie, collision, (Propeller, Pittsburgh), repaired, $150 loss;
8. 7/00/1870, Lake Huron, lost her canvass in a storm and repaired, $580 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1864, she was valued at $4,000; 1879, she is just listed as not Insurable;
1871, new deck added;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
Presque Isle,Pennsylvania; Sackets Harbor, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Erie, Pennsylvania; Port Huron, Michigan;
Presque Isle,Pennsylvania; Sackets Harbor, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1864, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879;
5. House Report No. 741; p. 157;
6. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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