Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Araxes
Year of Build:
1856
Major repairs:
1864;
Rebuilt:
1. 1874;
Official Number:
301
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
F. N. Jones
Ownership Notes:
Forbes, Cleveland, (1856); New York Central Railroad Company, (1858-1861); Dole, D., (1859); New York Central Lake Superior Line, (1862); Dole,T., (1865); Caldwell, Stephen D., (1869); McCabe, B., (1873-1874); Jessenien, C., (1874); Hagner, M., (1877); Wagner, H., (1878); Drake, L. H., (1881); Kelderhouse, J., (1883); Brown, J. J. H., (1887);
Master(s):
Walls, H., (1856); Hans, Thomas, (1859); Watts, (1861-1862); Williams, G., (1865); Egeler, John, (1869); Evers, J. P., (1871-1873); Maloney, M., (1874); Jessenien, C., (1874); Murray, J. W., (1876-1878); Parsons, John, (1877); Drake, L. H., (1881); Cook, I., (1883); Brown, J. J. H., (1887);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1856)
Hull Dimensions
1856
Length: 179' 4" Width/Beam: 30' 2" Depth: 11' 7"
Tonnage
1856
Gross: 593 + 5/95
1865
Gross: 715.00
1874
Gross: 569.18 Net: 424.27
Enrollments/Registration
July 2, 1856
   Port: Buffalo Number: 160 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-12-1859
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July 12, 1859
   Port: Buffalo Number: 60 of 1859
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-18-1865
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September 18, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 347 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1869
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April 26, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 152 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-1-1873
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April 1, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 138 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-18-1874
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April 18, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1874
May 8, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 226 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-19-1874
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November 19, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-25-1874
November 25, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 21 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-17-1874
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December 17, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 22 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-18-1874
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December 18, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 23 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1876
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June 30, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 85 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-6-1877
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July 6, 1877
   Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-19-1877
July 19, 1877
   Port: Buffalo Number: 6 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-4-1878
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October 4, 1878
   Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-26-1881
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March 26, 1881
   Port: Buffalo Number: 50 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-23-1883
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June 24, 1883
   Port: Buffalo Number: 28 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-24-1883
June 27, 1883
   Port: Buffalo Number: 65 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-5-1887
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March 5, 1887
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-30-1894
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Next document: (Vessel Sunk)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Araxes (1856-1894)
Nationality:
American (1856-1894)
Chronology:
1. 11/00/1863, Cleveland, struck a pier, sank and raised, $1, 200 loss;
2. 10/00/1870, Lake Erie, broke her shaft and replaced, $1, 000 loss;
2. 6/00/1882, Prentiss Bay, sank and raised;
3. 00/00/1889, Point Aux Barques, ashore;
Notes
General notes:
She was valued at $25,500, in 1860;
She got new decks and a rudder in 1861;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Vessel Register: 1860;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
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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