Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Monitor (Tug (Towboat), 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Monitor
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
17119
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
C. A. Van Slyke
Ownership Notes:
Root, Bird A., (1862);
Master(s):
Ball, J. W., (1862);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 94' 10" Width/Beam: 17' 8" Depth: 9' 4"
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 146 + 22/95
1865
Gross: 124.68
Enrollments/Registration
May 1, 1862
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1862
Document Type: Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Philadelphia 4-20-1863
View document online
April 20, 1863
   Port: Philadelphia
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Monitor (1862-1887)
Nationality:
American (1862-1887)
Chronology:

1. 2/27/1887, Tolchester, Md., ashore;

Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned in 1887;
She was still in Philadelphia in 1872;
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);
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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