Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Union
Year of Build:
1867
Major repairs:
1874;
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
25046
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Arvc Johnson
Ownership Notes:
Johnson, Arvc, (1867); Murphy, J., (1868-1871); Lawrence, E., (1873-1876); Pishion, I., (1881); Wakefield, F. G., (1882); Zink, N., (1884);
Master(s):
Johnson, Arvc, (1867); McCarthy, N., (1868); Ebert, J., (1870); Lawrence, E., (1873): Pishion, I., (1881); Zink, N., (1884);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 55.6' Width/Beam: 16.5' Depth: 6.2'
1868;
Length: 59.4' Width/Beam: 15' Depth: 6'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 41.35 Net: 39.29
1868
Enrollments/Registration
June 29, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 142 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 9-25-1867
September 25, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 35 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 3-30-1868
March 30, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 81 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-21-1870
March 21, 1870
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 53 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-5-1873
September 5, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 28 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Marquette 4-26-1881
April 26, 1881
   Port: Marquette Number: 33 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-9-1882
May 9, 1882
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 150 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-6-1884
June 6, 1884
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 99 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 11-5-1888

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Union (1867-1888)
Nationality:
American (1867-1888)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1868, Sheboygan, north of the piers, ashore and released;
2. 12/00/1868, Lake Michigan, capsized and went ashore near Centreville, released;
3. 10/00/1869, Charlottesville, Lake Michigan, ashore and became a total loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was valued at $1,500, in 1871; $1,000, in 1876;
1874 she got a new deck;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Milwaukee , Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1871-1876);
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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