Phil Sheridan (Propeller, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: J. P. Clark
Ownership Notes:: Stewart, Duncasn, (1867); Hurd, J. L., (1867-1873); Nicol, J., (1873); Ward, E., (1874); Central & Pacific Lake Company, (1875);
Master(s):: Kennan, J., (1867); Keenan, J. E., (1867); Newhall, (1868); Andrews, Stowell, (1871); Van Patten, (1872); McGam, H., (1873); Cummings, (1874); Reed, J., (1874); Coton, John, (1875);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 25, 1860: Port: Detroit Number: 180 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 5-2-1873
May 2, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 151 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-7-1874
May 7, 1874: Port: Detroit Number: 127 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 12-31-1875; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Phil Sheridan (1867-1875)
Nationality:: American (1867-1875)
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1868, Lake Huron, collision and repaired, $1, 000 loss;
2. 7/00/1869, grounded an St. Clair Flats and lightered off;
3. 11/00/1871, Bay City, Saginaw Bay, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $380 loss;
4. 6/00/1874, ashore at Scare Crow Island and released, $600 loss;
5. 11/3/1875, Sand Point, ashore and released;
6. 11/28/1875, Long Point, Lake Erie, caught fire and burned to the water's edge about 30 miles off Buffalo, drifted and sank,
(salt);

Notes

General notes:: She was built at Clark's dry dock;
Machinery: engine built by Detroit Locomotive Works, 24 + 1/2" x 28"; Boiler 17' x 7 + 1/2" built by Detroit Locomotive Works;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Email:[email protected]
Website:

Agency street/mail address:

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