Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Milwaukee (Propeller, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Milwaukee
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1882, Grand Haven, Michigan;
Official Number:
17984
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Ogdensburg, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
G. W. Pearsons or A. C. Keating
Ownership Notes:
Chamberlin, Philo, (1868); Northern Transportation Company, (1868); French, A., (1873); Vermont Central Railroad Company,, (1875); Starke, George, (1875); Smith, J. Gregory, (1875); Chamberlain, Philo, (1876); Butler, W. W., (1877-1878); Ellsworth, W. W., (1880); Giles, G. M., (1881); Wing, E. G., (1881-1882); Harford, W. M., (1883); Mason, L. G., (1883);
Master(s):
Ripson, S. B., (1868); Mcdonald, D. R., (1869); Landfair, John, (1870-1873); Leonard, William, (1875); Bailey, L. W., (1877-1878); Bishop, J., (1880); Morgan, J. W., (1881-1882); Otto, C., (1882); Oliver, J., (1883); McBride, T. D., (1883);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868;
Length: 135.5' Width/Beam: 26.1' Depth: 10.9'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 419.11
1882
Gross: 276.79 Net: 192.09
Enrollments/Registration
July 4, 1868
   Port: Cleveland Number: 86 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-27-1873
May 27, 1873
   Port: Cleveland Number: 101 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 3-23-1876
March 23, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 67 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1877
April 17, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 23 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-27-1878
April 27, 1878
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 11 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 6-10-1878
June 10, 1878
   Port: Cleveland Number: 63 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Trade Change
Next document: Ogdensburg 4-22-1879
April 22, 1879
   Port: Ogdensburg Number: 9 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 4-24-1880
April 24, 1880
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 134 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-20-1881
April 20, 1881
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 104 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-16-1881
June 16, 1881
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 160 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 2-9-1882
February 9, 1882
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 90 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 5-18-1882
May 18, 1882
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 163 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Grand Haven 4-8-1883
April 8, 1883
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 81 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 9-28-1883
September 28, 1883
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 28 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 11-12-1886

Next document: (Vessel Wrecked 7-9-1886)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Milwaukee (1868-1886)
Nationality:
American (1868-1886)
Chronology:
1. 00/00/1868, Straits, collision, (sank Propeller, City of Boston), repaired;
2. 6/00/1869, Milwaukee, hull damaged by getting foul of a dredge and repaired;
3. 7/00/1869, Welland Canal, damaged her upper works by collision, (Schooner, Garibaldi), and repaired;
4. 8/.00/1869, St. Clair Flats, grounded and lightered off;
5. 12/00/1869, near Port Colborne, Lake Erie, machinery disabled and repaired;
6. 6/00/1870, Lake Erie, broke her machinery and repaired, $380 loss;
7. 5/25/1873, above Sherwoods Dock in the St. Clair River, ashore and released, (corn);
8. 7/8/1886, mid-lake, 30 miles off Muskegon, Michigan, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, C. Hickox), sank, (1 life lost);
Notes
General notes:
she was launched from the stocks of Marine Railway;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Ogdensburg, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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