Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Monitor (Bark, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Monitor
Year of Build:
1862
Major repairs:
1887;
Rebuilt:
1. 1879;
Official Number:
16432
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Conneaut, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
S. G. Shaler*
Ownership Notes:
Capron, M., (1862-1878); Haywood, Rec., (1879); Luce, Sidnery, (1879) Shaw, John, (1879-1882); Peper, A. H., (1882-1887); Sullivan, J. P., (1888-1891); Chapman, H. C., (1892); Smith, W. M., (1893); McDougall, Alex, (1894); S. R. W. and L. Company, (1894-1898);
Master(s):
Capon, M., (1862); Capron, O., (1864-1868); Robinson, A., (1868); Pratt, C., (1873); Peterson, A., (1879): Shaw, J., (1879); Trimball, A. P., (1882); Pepers, A. H., (1884); Shakan, J. E., (1888); Chapman, H. C., (1892); Smith, W. H., (1893-1894);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 139.12' Width/Beam: 26.41' Depth: 11.81'
1865
Length: 138.7' Width/Beam: 26.4' Depth: 11.3'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 404 + 69/95
1865
Gross: 314.00 Net: 298.30
1879
Enrollments/Registration
June 30, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 63 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-28-1863
July 28, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 152 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 4-28-1864
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April 28, 1864
   Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 4-27-1865
April 27, 1865
   Port: Cleveland Number: 50 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 4-11-1868
April 11, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 19 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Cleveland 421-1873
April 21, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 77 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cleveland 5-7-1879
May 7, 1879
   Port: Cleveland Number: 70 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-22-1879
August 22, 1879
   Port: Port Huron Number: 10 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a barge
Next document: Port Huron 4-12-1882
April 12, 1882
   Port: Port Huron Number: 141 of 1882
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed District
Next document: Detroit 7-27-1882
July 27, 1882
   Port: Detroit Number: 11 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 7-23-1884
July 23, 1884
   Port: Detroit Number: 5 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost, (put into commission)
Next document: Detroit 4-7-1888
April 7, 1888
   Port: Detroit Number: 55 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-28-1892
April 28, 1892
   Port: Detroit Number: 72 of 1892
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Marquette 9-14-1892
September 14, 1892
   Port: Marquette Number: 15 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Marquette 3-31-1893
March 31, 1893
   Port: Marquette Number: 40 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 6-23-1894
June 23, 1894
   Port: Duluth Number: 27 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 2-18-1899

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Monitor (1862-1879);
b. Barge, Monitor (1879-1883;
c. Schooner, Monitor (1883-1899)
Nationality:
American (1862-1899)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1862, between Washington Island and Detroit Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;
2. 8/14/1866, Malden, ashore and released;
3. 5/00/1867, Deaths Door, Lake Michigan, ashore on a reef and released, $3, 200 loss;
4. 11/00/1869, Long Point, Lake Erie, lost an anchor and a small boat, replaced, $1, 200 loss;
5. 6/14/1871, Lake Erie, lost fore top gallant mast and repaired;
6. 10/00/1881, Cleveland, sank and raised;
7. 9/25/1898, Soo, St. Mary's River, Straits of Mackinaw, sank;
Notes
General notes:
S. G. Shaler was a master carpenter for M. Capron;
She was recalked in 1887;
She was valued at $16,000, in 1863; $13,000, in 1871; $3,000, in 1879; $7,000, in 1888; $2,500, in 1898;
She was known as "Monitor No. 3";
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1899);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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