Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Atlantic (Propeller, 1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Atlantic
Also known as:
Homer Warren
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1901, Davidson Dry Dock, Bay City, Michigan;
2. 1914;
Official Number:
298
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Peck and Masters
Ownership Notes:
Richmond, Dean, (1863-1867); Dole, T. D., (1863-1867); New York Central Rail Road Ccmpany, (1864); Union Steamboat Company, (1867-1882); Caldwell, S. D., (1869); Watson, P. H. (1873); MacDonough, A. R., (1874); Guthrie, T. S., (1876); Dodge, A., (1882); Grummond, S. B., (1882-1901); Brown, Rose D., (1896); Brown, W. W., (1898); Brown, H. L., (1901-1914); Garey, J. C., (1911); Peninsula Tug & Towing Company, (1914-1918); Milnes, James Henry, (1919); Milnes, James Herbert, (1919); Milnes, John Percy, (1919); Stalker, William, (1919); Kerr, William Henry, (1919);
Master(s):
Pratt, J., (1863-1865); Kelley, E., (1867); Thorn, W., (1869); Miler, F. S., (1873); Mooney, E., (1874); Condon, J., (1876); Dodge, A., (1882); Jones, (1891); Brown, Hiram L., (1896-1898);
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 177' 7" Width/Beam: 28' 2" Depth: 11' 10"
1865
Length: 176.5' Width/Beam: 28.4' Depth: 10.7'
1901
Length: 176.5' Width/Beam: 29.5' Depth: 11.8'
1914
Length: 176.6' Width/Beam: 30' Depth: 12'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 564 +62/95
1865
Gross: 656.26 Net: 556
1901
Gross: 448 Net: 281
1914
Gross: 447 Registered: 304
Enrollments/Registration
May 23, 1863
   Port: Cleveland Number: 12 of 1863
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-25-1863
May 25, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 111 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 5-27-1865
View document online
May 27, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 166 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 8-23-1867
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August 23, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 284 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1869
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April 26, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 158 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-9-1873
View document online
May 9, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 191 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1874
View document online
March 25, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 175 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 8-31-1876
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August 31, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-4-1882
View document online
April 4, 1882
   Port: Buffalo Number: 71 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-8-1882
View document online
April 8, 1882
   Port: Detroit Number: 87 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 9-30-1896
September 30, 1896
   Port: Detroit Number: 12 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-23-1898
March 23, 1898
   Port: Detroit Number: 39 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-16-1901
April 16, 1901
   Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt and Name Changed

Next document: Port Huron 4-22-1914

Next document: (Sold Foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Atlantic (1863-1901);
b. Propeller, Homer Warren (1901-1919)
Nationality:
American (1863-1914); Canadian (1914-1919)
Chronology:
1. 7/00/1869, aground several days at Superior City and lightered off;
2. 11/00/1869, damaged by collision at Buffalo, Lake Erie and repaired;
3. 7/00/1871, Sault River, ashore on the rocks and released, $375 loss;
4. 11/00/1872, Lake Superior, broke her shaft and replaced, $2, 700 loss;
5. 6/00/1874, ashore on middle ground at Detroit, lightered off, $200 loss;
6. 6/23/1886, Mackinac Island, ashore and released;
7. 10/16/1891, Kelley's Island, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
8. 8/27/1899, Detroit, burned at foot of 21st. Street after lying there for two years and repaired;
9. 10/28/1919, Pultneyville, New York, Lake Ontario, sank, (9 lives lost), (coal);
Notes
General notes:
The 1922 Canadian list of vessels says she was dismantled 1921-1922;
Machinery: Direct acting engine built in 1863 at Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio; In 1901 she had a Steeple compound engine built at Montague Iron Works; Cylinder, 22"-42" diameter x 3' stroke; Boilers, Scotch, 11'6" x 13' built at Lake Erie Boiler Works, Buffalo, New York;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
10. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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