Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
American Giant
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1869;
2. 1870;
3. 1872;
4. 1886;
Official Number:
29298
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Bay City, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Barge
Additional vessel types:
Bark
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
William Crosthwaite
Ownership Notes:
Crosthwaite, W. S., (1868-1875); Kelderhouse, J., (1877-1886); Brown, J. J. H., (1887); Reid, James, (1891); Loud, H. N., (1892); Heminger, A., (1893);
Master(s):
Murdock, L., (1868); Kilduff, M., (1869); Lyon, J., (1870); Burnett, J., (1872); Crosthwaite, H. S., (1875); Staley, H., (1877); Carrey, John, (1886-1887); Reid, James, (1891); Loud, H. N., (1892); Pope, H. H., (1893);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 151' Width/Beam: 30.7' Depth: 9'
1869
Length: 151' Width/Beam: 30.7' Depth: 9'
1870
Length: 151' Width/Beam: 30.7' Depth: 9'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 365.41 Net: 347.14
1869
Gross: 365.41 Net: 347.14
1870
Gross: 365.41 Net: 347.14
1872
1886
Enrollments/Registration
April 3, 1868
   Port: Port Huron Number: 5 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Port Huron 4-21-1869
April 21, 1869
   Port: Port Huron Number: 26 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to a Bark
Next document: Port Huron 8-6-1870
August 6, 1870
   Port: Port Huron Number: 11 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to a Schooner
Next document: Port Huron 5-8-1872
May 8, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 99 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Barge
Next document: Buffalo 6-8-1875
June 8, 1875
   Port: Buffalo Number: 58 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-5-1877
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May 5, 1877
   Port: Buffalo Number: 34 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-4-1886
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May 4, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 75 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Vessel Altered to a Schooner
Next document: Buffalo 3-5-1887
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March 5, 1887
   Port: Buffalo Number: 36 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-4-1887
View document online
April 4, 1887
   Port: Buffalo Number: 46 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-18-1891
View document online
October 18, 1891
   Port: Cleveland Number: 24 of 1891
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 4-18-1892
April 18, 1892
   Port: Buffalo Number: 68 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-15-1893
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June 15, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 180 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 12-20-1897

Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
History
Classification:
a. Barge, American Giant (1868-1869);
b. Bark, American Giant (1869-1870);
c. Schooner, American Giant (1870-1872);
d. Barge, American Giant (1872-1886);
e. Schooner, American Giant (1886-1897)
Nationality:
American (1868-1897)
Chronology:
1. 8/00/1869, sprang a leak on Lake Michigan and repaired, (coal);
2. 6/00/1872, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and became waterlogged, repaired, $2, 400 loss;
Notes
General notes:
1897, abandoned in Callian's Bay (near Amherstburg, Ontario;
She passed out in 1897;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. John Poole's notes;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1870-1883);
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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