Minnie Corlett (Scow, 1866)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Pentwater, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Scow
Hull Materials:: Wood
Ownership Notes:: Corlett, J., (1867); Collister, T., (1867-1870); Jenson, M., (1867); Brown, S., (1874); Burmester, P., (1877);
Master(s):: Craim, W., (1867); Jenson, M., (1867); Collister, T., (1868); Peterson, D., (1870); Hulbest, J., (1874); Burmester, P., (1877);

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 10, 1866: Port: Grand Haven Number: 9 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Grand Haven 3-12-1867
March 12, 1867: Port: Grand Haven Number: 37 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-22-1867
July 22, 1867: Port: Grand Haven Number: 5 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 3-26-1868
March 26, 1868: Port: Grand Haven Number: 41 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 7-11-1870
July 11, 1870: Port: Grand Haven Number: 7 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 12-9-1873
December 9, 1873: Port: Grand Haven Number: 31 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Grand Haven 7-13-1874
July 13, 1874: Port: Grand Haven Number: 3 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-14-1877
April 14, 1877: Port: Grand Haven Number: 41 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-30-1878; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Scow, Minnie Corlett (1866-1878)
Nationality:: American (1866-1878)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1869, near Chicago, lost her deck load of lumber, ashore and released, $1, 320 loss;
2. 6/00/1869, Chicago, collision, (Brig, Burns), lost jib-boom and replaced;
3. 9/00/1869, Lake Michigan, hull and outfit damaged by heavy weather and repaired;
4. 11/29/1872, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, wrecked and repaired;
4. 3/24/1878, Chicago Harbor, Lake Michigan, ashore on southeast side of Roundhouse in a snowstorm;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Grand Haven, Michigan;
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: (1868-1880);

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