Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Uncle Sam
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1874, East Saginaw, Michigan;
Official Number:
25131
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
A. Abernethy
Ownership Notes:
Price, C. S., (1863); Woolson, J. O., (1864); Bradley, (1864): Miller, Oscar M., (1867); Jackson, James B., (1867); Bremer, A. P., ()1874); Russell, L., (1876); Norton, W. W., (1880); Martin, J. D., (1881);
Master(s):
Lowe, F., (1863); Woolson, J. O., (1864); Thorp, W., (1874); Ashman, W. O.,(1876); Bell, T., (1880); Moiles, J. T., (1881);
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 54' 6" Width/Beam: 10' 11" Depth: 4' 10"
1874
Length: 59.2' Width/Beam: 14.5' Depth: 4.9'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 26 + 29/95
1865
Gross: 18.26
1874
Gross: 24.21
Enrollments/Registration
July 6, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 139 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1864
View document online
April 14, 1864
   Port: Buffalo Number: 55 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1864
View document online
April 21, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 76 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-22-1865
May 22, 1865
   Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
June 30, 1873
   Port: Port Huron (License) Number: 33 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-1-1874
July 1, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 12 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Port Huron 6-13-1876
June 13, 1876
   Port: Port Huron Number: 76 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 8-22-1876
August 22, 1876
   Port: Port Huron Number: 8 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-20-1880
April 20, 1880
   Port: Port Huron Number: 117 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-17-1881
May 17, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 136 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-29-1881
October 29, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 66 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 11-24-1884

Next document: (Wrecked & Abandoned in1882)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Uncle Sam (1863-1882)
Nationality:
American (1863-1882)
Chronology:
1. 10/00/1873, Bay City, Saginaw River, sank by collision and raised, $275 loss;
2. 3/00/1874, River St. Clair, collision, (Ballantine), repaired, $100 loss;
2. 11/00/1880, East Saginaw, Michigan, Lake Huron, sank and raised;
3. 3/20/1882, Cheboygan, Michigan, Lake Huron, cut by ice, sank and declared a total loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was dismantled in 1882;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; 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. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
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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