H. O. Perry (Tug (Towboat), 1856)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Bidwell and Banta
Ownership Notes:: Zuacherbush, Alonzo, (1856-1857); Brown, John, ()864-1869);
Master(s):: Zuacherbush, Alonzo, (1856-1857)

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 14, 1856: Port: Buffalo Number: 165 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-23-1857
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May 23, 1857: Port: Buffalo Number: 92 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Propeller, O. H. Perry (1856-1859);
b. Propeller (Tug), John Brown (1859- )
Nationality:: American (1856- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1857, Oswego, collision, (Alanson S. Page), repaired, $500 loss;
2. 11/00/1863, Chippewa River, Ontario, sank, $1, 797 loss;

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $4,600, in 1864;
She was abandoned in 1859;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Vessel Register: 1864;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;

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