Mary Booth (Scow Schooner, 1857)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Mary Booth
Year of Build:: 1857
Major repairs:: 1863;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1866;
2. 1870;
3. 1871;
Official Number:: 16392

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Vincent Bidwell
Ownership Notes:: Prouty, James, (1857); Booth, John, (1858-1864); Williams, J. T., (1864); Smith, Isaac E., (1865); Starkey, Alvin, (1866); Ballard, H. A., (1867); Curtiss, A., (1869-1971); Bontsch, G., (1873); Bantock, G., (1875); Bantsch, M. , (1876-1877);
Master(s):: Roule, W., (1857); Parkhill, J. J., (1858); Prince, J.B., (1864-1865); Hudson, John, (1866); Green, Thomas, (1867); Fleming, H., (1869); Falary, J., (1870): Hartwell, E., (1871); Fernston, J., (1873); Granza, G., (1873); Banteck, G., (1875-1876); Smith, L.,(1877);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1857)

Hull Dimensions

1857: Length: 89' 9" Width/Beam: 24' 9" Depth: 6' 9"
1865: Length: 100' Width/Beam: 24.7' Depth: 6.8'
1866: Length: 100' Width/Beam: 24.7' Depth: 6.8'

Tonnage

1857: Gross: 141 + 2/95
1865: Gross: 123.85
1866: Gross: 131.78
1870
1871

Enrollments/Registration

May 30, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 96 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 6-17-1858
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June 17, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 75 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Enrollment Lost
Next document: Buffalo 8-15-1858
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August 15, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 209
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
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August 15, 1858: Port: Buffalo Number: 209 of 1858
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-4-1865
August 4, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 288 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-12-1866
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April 12, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 47 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)*
Next document: Buffalo 4-20-1867
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April 20, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-30-1867
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May 30, 1867: Port: Chicago Number: 404 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 3-24-1869
March 24, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 186 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-9-1870
April 9, 1870: Port: Chicago Number: 166 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered
Next document: Chicago 4-13-1871
April 13, 1871: Port: Chicago Number: 151 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Chicago 3-27-1873
March 27, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 198 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-11-1873
June 11, 1873: Port: Chicago Number: 269 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-8-1875
June 8, 1875: Port: Milwaukee Number: 114 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-14-1876
August 14, 1876: Port: Milwaukee Number: 11 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-13-1877
August 13, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 15 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-31-1877; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Mary Booth (1857-1870);
b. Barge, Mary Booth (1870-1871);
c. Schooner, Mary Booth (1871-1877)
Nationality:: American (1857-1877)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1858, Buffalo Harbor, collision, (Schooner, S. G. Andrews), repaired, $200 loss;
2. 10/00/1859, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and split canvass in a gale, repaired, $300 loss;
3. 6/00/1860, off Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, collision, (unknown vessel), lost her bowsprit, repaired, $200 loss;
4. 8/00/1867, Traverse Bay, struck a rock and sank, raised, $3, 500 loss;
5. 11/00/1867, Chicago, ashore and released, $300 loss;
6. 4/00/1869, Grassy Island, Detroit River, aground and released, $225 loss;
7. 4/00/1869, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, Lavinia), repaired;
8. 10/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan, (lumber), and repaired;
9. 11/6/1877, off Port Washington, Michigan, Metes, sank;

Notes

General notes:: *1866, headroom added;
1870, made into a barge;
1871, rig changed to a schooner;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859, 3/11/1861;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:

Contact

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Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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