Melissa (Scow Schooner, 1868)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Melissa
Year of Build:: 1868
Official Number:: 17581

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Scow Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: R. J. Bertholf
Ownership Notes:: Bertholf, R., (1868); Minnie, E., (1868); Hoffman, J., (1869); Sutherland, (1869); O'Leary, L., (1873): Braman, D., (1874); Keen, J., (1874); Felterly, S., (1875); Smith, S., (1877); Burlingaim, T. C., (1879); Smith, H., (1881); Clark, J. R., (1881);
Master(s):: Bertholf, R., (1868); Pattengill, J., (1869); Lockhart, j., (1869); O'leary, T., (1873); Braman, D., (1874); Keena, J., (1874); Felterly, S., (1875); Smith, H., (1877); Smith, W., (1879-1881); Clark, J. R., (1881);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1868)

Hull Dimensions

1868: Length: 61.6' Width/Beam: 19.2' Depth: 5.8'

Tonnage

1868: Gross: 39.59

Enrollments/Registration

June 20, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 57 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Port Huron 11-19-1868
November 19, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 109 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-16-1869
April 16, 1869: Port: Port Huron Number: 17 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1873
April 19, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 116 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1874
April 15, 1874: Port: Detroit Number: 94 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1874
April 18, 1872: Port: Cleveland Number: 72 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-4-1875
May 4, 1875: Port: Cleveland Number: 59 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 5-5-1875
May 5, 1875: Port: Sandusky Number: 14 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-16-1877
May 16, 1877: Port: Cleveland Number: 72 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-15-1879
May 15, 1879: Port: Cleveland Number: 76 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 5-16-1881
May 16, 1881: Port: Sandusky Number: 33 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-16-1881
June 16, 1881: Port: Sandusky Number: 41 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 9-30-1881; Next document: (Vessel Sunk)

History

Classification:: a. Scow, Melissa (1868-1881)
Nationality:: American (1868-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 10/20/1868, Horse island, Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, lost her rudder, driven ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
2. 4/00/1874, sprang a leak, waterlogged, off Cleveland, repaired, $300 loss, (wood);

Notes

General notes:: Horse Island might be near Owen Sound;
She was owned at Toronto, Ontario in 1868 and Owen Sound, Ontario in 1869;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1883);
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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