Owasco (Schooner, 1863)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Owasco
Year of Build:: 1863
Official Number:: 18924

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: James M. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Shephard, Edward, (1863-1864); Hudson, E. W., (1864-1874); Helen, D. T., (1876); Wickham, J. W., (1880); Haun, E. T., (1884); Pringles, Thomas, (1887): Squires, John W., (1888-1889); Jones, J. M., (1891);
Master(s):: McKee, Charles, (1863-1864); Taft, O. C., (1865); Frazier, F., (1866); Riordan, T., (1871): Waffle, L., (1874); Miligan, R., (1876); Fell, H., (1880); Jones, W. A., (1884); Pringles, Thomas, (1887): Litus, E. P. M., (1888-1889): Carter, A., (1891);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2(1863)

Hull Dimensions

1863: Length: 136' Width/Beam: 24' 8" Depth: 11' 2"
1865: Length: 136.8' Width/Beam: 26.2' Depth: 11.6'

Tonnage

1863: Gross: 351+ 38/95
1865: Gross: 314.91 Net: 299.17

Enrollments/Registration

April 13, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 37 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1864
April 19, 1864: Port: Detroit Number: 68 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-6-1865
May 6, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 149 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1866
April 19, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 57 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-3-1871
May 3, 1871: Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1871
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 5-30-1871
May 30, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 130 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 4-8-1874
April 8, 1874: Port: Detroit Number: 87 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-21-1876
October 21, 1876: Port: Chicago Number: 14 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 3-22-1880
March 22, 1880: Port: Sandusky Number: 22 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-18-1885
April 18, 1885: Port: Detroit Number: 23 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-7-1886
April 7, 1886: Port: Sandusky Number: 20 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-8-1887
March 8, 1887: Port: Port Huron Number: 61 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-15-1888
March 15, 1888: Port: Port Huron Number: 102 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-21-1889
March 21, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 92 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1891
April 15, 1891: Port: Detroit Number: 53 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 8-17-1891
August 17, 1891: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Trade Changed

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Owasco (1863- )
Nationality:: American (1863- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1863, Chicago, collision and repaired, $5, 200 loss;
2. 10/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost her deck load of lumber in a gale, $30, 300 loss;
3. 11/00/1869, Lake Erie, damaged and abandoned by her crew, vessel rescued;
4. 7/00/1870, Lake Superior, dismasted in a gale and refitted, $600 loss;
5. 11/00/1871, Alabaster Reef, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $600 loss;
6. 11/8/1872, ran ashore below Hacketts dock near Bar Point, Lake Erie, after striking the wreck of the Schooner, Butcher Boy
and released, $34, 000 loss;
7. 6/00/1892, off Halifax, Atlantic Coast, ashore and repaired, (coal);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
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. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1894);

Contact

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920-684-0218

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