Wisconsin Maritime Museum

News Boy (Bark, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
News Boy
Year of Build:
1862
Rebuilt:
1. 1869;
2. 1882;
Official Number:
18086
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
East Saginaw, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Eagle Figure Head
Builder Name:
G. (S.) R. Kirby
Ownership Notes:
Mott, Charles B., (1862); Hoyt, Jessie, (1862-1864): Bentley, Jr., J. R., (1863-1865); Nims, O. L., (1866); Nims, Sarah E., (1866-1869); Lee, Franklin, (1871); Watson, Samuel, (1872); Smith, C., (1873): Gallien, J. L., (1876): Hurlbut, H. W., (1878): Wilson, E. D., (1880); Trumball, R. H., (1881-1883);
Master(s):
Stamford,E., (1863); Muir, James B., (1864-1866); Pardon, P. R., (1868); Brown, J. J. H., (1869); Coleman, Jeremiah, (1871-1872); Gallien, J. L., (1873-1878): Wilson, E. D., (1880); Minskey, J. P., (1881-1882); Paterson, William, (1883);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 152' 6" Width/Beam: 31' Depth: 12' 9"
1865
Length: 152.2' Width/Beam: 31.2' Depth: 12.6'
1869
Length: 152.2' Width/Beam: 31.2' Depth: 12.6'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 557 + 8/95
1865
Gross: 432.42
1869
Gross: 432.42
1882
Gross: 413.92 Net: 393.23
Enrollments/Registration
June 21, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 104 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-31-1863
March 31, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 29 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online

Next document: Milwaukee 4-21-1864
April 21, 1864
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 73 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-5-1864
May 5, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 120 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-9-1865
View document online
May 9, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 9-14--1866
View document online
September 14, 1866
   Port: Buffalo Number: 218 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-6-1869
View document online
September 6, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 56 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Buffalo 10-20-1871
View document online
October 20, 1871
   Port: Buffalo Number: 59 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-20-1872
View document online
February 20, 1872
   Port: Buffalo Number: 88 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 2-26-1873
View document online
February 26, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 77 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 1-2-1877
January 2, 1877
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 24 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-22-1878
March 22, 1878
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 44 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-10-1890
March 10, 1890
   Port: Chicago Number: 94 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-2-1881
April 2, 1881
   Port: Chicago Number: 87 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-11-1882
April 11, 1882
   Port: Chicago Number: 101 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 5-1-1883
May 1, 1883
   Port: Chicago Number: 93 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-3-1891

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, News Boy (1862-1869);
b. Schooner, News Boy (1869-1891)
Nationality:
American (1862-1891)
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1866, Buffalo Creek, Lake Erie, collision and repaired, $500 loss;
2. 11/00/1867, Point au Barques, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $3, 400 loss;
3. 5/00/1868, near Grand Haven, collision, (sank Schooner, Illinois), repaired;
4. 6/00/1868, Lake Erie, damaged her outfit and replaced, $300 loss;
5. 4/00/1871, Chicago, hull damaged by collision and repaired, $275 loss;
6. 11/20/1871, 6 miles off Thunder Bay Light, Lake Huron, collision (sank Schooner, E. B. Allen), repaired;
7. 11/00/1873, Lake Michigan, damaged her outfit in a storm and refitted, $400 loss;
8. 11/19/1891, Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, sank in a gale and hull went to pieces on South Fisherman's Shoal;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John E. Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1892);
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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