Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Amoskeag
Also known as:
Horace Taber
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1883;
2. 1907;
3. 1911;
Official Number:
1123
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Clair, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Simon Langell
Ownership Notes:
Germain, W., (1867); Framaisco, M., (1871); Swenson, B., (1873-1883); Swenson, Antionette, (1888-1904); Giverson, A., (1889); BarnHardt, F. R., (1916); Daragaw, Henry, (1919);
Master(s):
Emory, F., (1867-1871); Swenson, B., (1873-1883); Swenson, E.,(1888); Peterson, P., (1889); Petersen, P. W., (1896);
Hull Dimensions
1811
Length: 135.8' Width/Beam: 26.6' Depth: 9.8'
1867
Length: 135' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 10.3'
1883
Length: 138.5' Width/Beam: 27' Depth: 9.6'
1907
Length: 138.5' Width/Beam: 26.6' Depth: 9.4'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 243.94
1883
Gross: 268.49 Net: 255.07
1907
Gross: 262 Net: 235
1911
Gross: 236
Enrollments/Registration
May 1, 1867
   Port: Port Huron Number: 47 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 3-23-1871
March 23, 1871
   Port: Detroit Number: 56 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-10-1873
February 10, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 121 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-20-1874
April 20, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 202 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-17-1877
March 17, 1877
   Port: Chicago Number: 22 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-20-1883
April 20, 1883
   Port: Chicago Number: 73 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name Changed
Next document: Chicago 10-3-1883
October 3, 1883
   Port: Chicago Number: 24 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-19-1888
June 19, 1888
   Port: Chicago Number: 126 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-23-1889
March 23, 1889
   Port: Chicago Number: 70 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 2-8-1896
February 8, 1896
   Port: Chicago Number: 58 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-11-1907
June 11, 1907
   Port: Chicago
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Amoskeag (1867-1883);
b. Schooner, Horace Taber (1883-1922)
Nationality:
American (1867-1911); Canadian (1911-1922)
Chronology:
1. 8/00/1868, Detroit River, ashore and released, $300 loss;
2. 11/00/1868, Lake Erie, lost part of her outfit in a gale and refitted, $600 loss;
3. 11/00/1869, Lake Huron, lost her cargo of wheat in a gale, $3, 600 loss;
4. 11/00/1869, Lake Huron, (wheat), lost small boat and sails in a gale and replaced;
5. 11/27/1922, Four Mile Point, Simcoe Island, Lake Ontario, ashore and became a total loss;
Notes
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; 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. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1911);
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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