Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Challenge
Year of Build:
1852
Major repairs:
1868, 1872;
Rebuilt:
1. 1880, William Bates & Son;
Official Number:
4349
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Jones
Ownership Notes:
Platt, Garvis, E., (1852); Platt, C. H., (1854); Trusdale, G., (1854); Sterling. L., (1857-1868); Ackerman, A., (1857); Reed, C. W., (1859); Farr, A., (1861); Campbell, A., (1863); Farr, (1863-1864); Moore, (1863-1864); Nelson, Peter, (1864-1865); Kuhn, William, (1865); Brown, (1866); Sterling, Captain L., (1870-1879); Kelley, Captain, (1871-1873); Sterling, L,, (1874); Stray, George N., (1880-1882); Chrysen, J. G., (1882); Cheyne, James G., (1888); Valentine, E. S., (1889): Jacobson, J. E., (1893); Drake, E. W., (1894):
Master(s):
Hoag, William, (1852); Ackerman, A., (1854); Reid, G. W., (1859-1861); Snowbell, F., (1863); Nelson, P., (1864-1865); Sterling, L., (1865-1870); Young, W., (1874); Sterling, L. H., (1880); Chrysen, J. G., (1882); Cheyne, James G., (1888); Valentine,E. S., (1889): Jacobson, J. E., (1893); Erickson, H., (1894);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1852)
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 85' 10" Width/Beam: 22' 5" Depth: 6' 5 1/2"
1865
Length: 82' Width/Beam: 22.6' Depth: 6.6'
1880
Length: 87.5' Width/Beam: 22.7' Depth: 7.2'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 110 + 31/95
1865
Gross: 68.41
1880
Gross: 87.07 Net: 82.72
Enrollments/Registration
April 27, 1852
   Port: Michilimackinac Number: 4 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 5-16-1864
May 16, 1864
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 20 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-26-1857
August 26, 1857
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 67 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 1-22-1859
January 22, 1859
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 62 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-26-1861
March 26, 1861
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 15 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1863
April 27, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 91 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-24-1864
February 24, 1864
   Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-14-1865
April 14, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 197 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 7-11-1865
July 11, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 418 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-20-1866
November 20, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 159 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-29-1867
May 29, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 402 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-27-1868
May 27, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 2 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-22-1868
June 22, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 377 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 6-28-1870
June 28, 1870
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 65 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-7-1874
July 7, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 1 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 9-17-1874
September 17, 1874
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 28 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 10-8-1880
October 8, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 54 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Milwaukee 3-13-1882
March 13, 1882
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 91 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-23-1888
April 23, 1888
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 143 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-13-1889
March 13, 1889
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 57 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 1-4-1893
January 4, 1893
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 52 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-11-1894
April 11, 1894
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 78 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-24-1902
September 24, 1902
   Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Chicago 9-30-1910

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Challenge (1852-1910)
Nationality:
American (1852-1910)
Chronology:
1. 4/14/1853, 12 miles north of Chicago, ashore and released, $300 loss;
2. 10/00/1859, Lake Superior, sprang a leak, jettisoned cargo of iron ore and put into Grand Island for repairs, $150 loss;
3. 5/00/1860, off Waukegan, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, Akron), repaired, $300 loss;
4. 8/00/1860, St. Clair Flats, collision, (Schooner, Miami), repaired, $150 loss;
5. 7/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan and repaired;
6. 12/00/1869, damaged while at a pier in Sister Bay, Lake Michigan and repaired, $800 loss;
7. 12/11/1871, sunk while entering the harbor at Racine, Michigan and raised;
8. 00/00/1910, Lake Michigan, beached;
Notes
General notes:
1863, she was valued at $3,500; 1871, she was valued at $4,000; 1882, she was valued at $3,500;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Michilimackinac, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan; Michilimackinac, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1863, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1884;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Wright's Master Sheet;
9. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1911);
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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