Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Cream City (Steamer, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Cream City
Year of Build:
1862
Rebuilt:
1. 1862;
Official Number:
4579
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Additional vessel types:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Figure Head
Builder Name:
B. B. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Jones, B. B., (1862; Kirby, Abner, (1862-1867);
Master(s):
Johnson, Charles W., (1862-1865);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 173.6' Width/Beam: 34' Depth: 14'
1865
Length: 174.3' Width/Beam: 34.1' Depth: 14.9'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 767 + 58/95
1865
Gross: 629.54
1862
Enrollments/Registration
July 6, 1862
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 71 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 7-17-1862
July 17, 1862
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 6 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Bark
Next document: Milwaukee 4-13-1865
April 13, 1865
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 50 of 1865
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-20-1867
April 20, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 49 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Milwaukee 6-28-1867
View document online
June 28, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 141 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Milwaukee 3-19-1868
March 19, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 68 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Cream City (1862-1862);
b. Bark, Cream City (1862- )
Nationality:
American (1862- )
Chronology:
1. 5/00/1862, Forrestville, ashore and released;
2. 4/00/1864, Milwaukee, ashore and released, $3, 000 loss;
3. 8/00/1869, Lake Huron, lost a man overboard;
4. 8/00/1869, Lake Huron, sprang a leak and repaired, $440 loss;
5. 5/24/1867, Kenosha, lost a mast, repaired;
6. 11/00/1867, near Buffalo, Lake Erie, lost anchor and chain, broke steering gear and repaired;
7. 8/00/1869, lost a man overboard and drowned in Lake Huron;
8. 8/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Huron and repaired;
9. 11/16-19)/1869, near Detour, Lake Huron, ashore and became a total loss, $75, 000 loss, (wheat);
Notes
General notes:
Engine: Was a Propeller; Machinery was removed July, 1862, as it was not very efficient; She could only do 4 and one half miles per hour in smooth weather; She was completed in Milwaukee due to a labor strike at the time of building;
She was listed as lost in 1875;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
8. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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