Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
J. & A. Stronach
Also known as:
A. B. C. F. M.
Year of Build:
1854
Major repairs:
1862;
Rebuilt:
1. 1870, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. 1881;
Official Number:
12978
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
George Barber
Ownership Notes:
Stromach, T., (1854); Thorp, W. J., (1859); Otto, W. H., (1859); Tyron, M., (1863-1864); M cFers, L., (1865); Hall, William, (1866-1874); Raddock, T. S., (1878); Anderson, J., (1880); Merrill, L. E., (1881); Saveland, John, (1884-1899):
Master(s):
Wade, (1854); Corbet, R., (1854); Otto, W. H., (1859); Setard, J., (1863); Douglas, D., (1864); McFers, L., (1865); Hall, William, (1866-1874); Hall, W., (1870-1873); Raddock, T. S., (1878); Anderson, J., (1880); Sportland, J. C., (1881-1884); Simenser, Hans, (1896); Nerdrum, Christian, (1899):
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1854)
Hull Dimensions
1854
Length: 89' 6" Width/Beam: 23' 7" Depth: 7' 10"
1865
Length: 88.2' Width/Beam: 23.9' Depth: 7.7'
1870
Length: 109.9' Width/Beam: 23.9' Depth: 7'
Tonnage
1854
Gross: 146 + 25/95
1865
Gross: 107.42
1870
Gross: 143.72 Net: 136.54
Enrollments/Registration
September 25, 1854
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 45 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 7-11-1859
July 11, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 43 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Milwaukee 11-21-1859
November 21, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 30 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-8-1860
May 8, 1860
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 55 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-24-1860
October 24, 1860
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 12 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-2-1863
March 2, 1863
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 40 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-16-1864
March 16, 1864
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 34 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-5-1865
April 5, 1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 36 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-24-1866
April 24, 1866
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 185 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-10-1867
April 10, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 79 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-21-1868
April 21, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-28-1870
May 28, 1870
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 120 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Chicago 6-9-1873
June 9, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 7 of 1873
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 10-18-1873
October 18, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 58 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-19-1874
October 19, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 28 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1878
April 19, 1878
   Port: Chicago Number: 79 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-10-1878
May 10, 1878
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 59 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-26-1879
May 26, 1879
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 71 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-18-1880
February 18, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 74 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-27-1881
September 27, 1881
   Port: Chicago Number: 25 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-15-1881
October 15, 1881
   Port: Chicago Number: 28 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name Changed to A. B. C. F. M.
Next document: Milwaukee 4-23-1884
April 23, 1884
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 83 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-2-1896
June 2, 1896
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 105 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-12-1898
May 12, 1898
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 97 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-16-1900
April 16, 1900
   Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Milwaukee 5-22-1902

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, J. & A. Stronach (1854-1880);
b. Schooner, A. B. C. F. M. (1880-1902)
Nationality:
American (1854-1902)
Chronology:
1. 10/28/1855, Lake Michigan, lost deck load of lumber and repaired;
2. 5/13/1856, off Point Sauble, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schr. Telegraph), broke her main mast, (lumber), repaired;
3. 6/00/1869, Lake Michigan, hull damaged by heavy weather and repaired;
4. 10/00/1869, Milwaukee, hull damaged by collision and repaired;
5. 4/00/1871, Lake Michigan, dismasted in a storm and refitted, $500 loss;
Notes
General notes:
10/15/1880, Name changed to Initials that stood for "American Board of Christian Foreign Missionaries";
She was abandoned in Greenfield Au Slip, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1902):
8. Herman Rungge's notes;
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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