Monitor (Scow Schooner, 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Monitor
Year of Build:: 1862
Rebuilt:: 1. 1882;
Official Number:: 50379 or 50397

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black River, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Henry D. Root
Ownership Notes:: Lafrinier, L., (1862-1864); Hutchinson, (1864); Gillard, John, (1864-1866); Prince, R. W., (1865); Pierce, R. W., (1866); Swinburn, D., (1867-1871); Miller, N., (1871); Leary, J., (1873-1879); Ginness, C. M., (1877): Graham, E. B., (1879); Rushford, A., (1879); Olsen, E., (1881): Olsen, L., (1882): Schenkenberger, J., (1887); Nickelson, M., (1889): Olsen, Osmond, (1890); Meyers, H., (1895); Olsen, Winman A., (1898);
Master(s):: Porter, B. R., (1862); Gillard, John, (1864-1866); Swinburn, D., (1867); Millen, N., (1871); Leary, J., (1873); Graham, E. B., (1879); Codding, J., (1879); Olsen, E., (1881); Olsen, L., (1882): Schenkenberger, J., (1887): Nickelson, M., (1889): Meyers, H., (1895); Olsen, Wiman A., (1898);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1865: Length: 86.98' Width/Beam: 22.24' Depth: 5.19'
1882;: Length: 93.8' Width/Beam: 21.7' Depth: 5.9'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 88 + 29/95
1865: Gross: 83.87
1882: Gross: 105.85 Net: 100.56

Enrollments/Registration

April 29, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 37 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 3-26-1863
March 26, 1863: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-27-1864
September 27, 1864: Port: Milwaukee Number: 18 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-15-1865
April 15, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 54 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-17-1866
April 17, 1866: Port: Milwaukee Number: 177 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-9-1867
April 9, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 77 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-31-1868
March 31, 1868: Port: Milwaukee Number: 85 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-18-1870
April 18, 1870: Port: Milwaukee Number: 84 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-17-1871
April 17, 1871: Port: Milwaukee Number: 93 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-31-1873
March 31, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 100 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-20-1877
October 20, 1877: Port: Milwaukee Number: 23 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-14-1879
June 14, 1879: Port: Milwaukee Number: 117 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-18-1879
November 18, 1879: Port: Milwaukee Number: 38 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-17-1881
March 17, 1881: Port: Milwaukee Number: 64 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-17-1882
June 17, 1882: Port: Milwaukee Number: 167 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Milwaukee 10-13-1887
October 13, 1887: Port: Milwaukee Number: 54 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-9-1889
May 9, 1889: Port: Grand Haven Number: 98 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 9-15-1890
September 15, 1890: Port: Grand Haven Number: 34 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 7-5-1895
July 5, 1895: Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-11-1898
October 11, 1898: Port: Milwaukee Number: 23 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 2-24-1900
February 24, 1900: Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Scow Schooner, Monitor (1862- )
Nationality:: American (1862- )
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1869, off Milwaukee, collision, (Schooner, Perry Hannah), lost her maingaff and repaired;
2. 10/00/1869, Lake Michigan, damaged her outfit in a storm and refitted;
3. 10/00/1869, lost her centre board in bay weather on Lake Michigan and repaired;

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1875-1880 &1884; Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, 1880-1881; Fort Howard, Wisconsin, 1882-1883 & 1885;
She was valued at $2,000, in 1864; $2,000, in 1871; $1,000, in 1878;
Sources:: 1. Merchant Vessel 1868-1885;
2. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Vessel Register: (1864-1882);
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1874-1902);

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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