: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

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:: Ransom, Jr., Asa, (1866); Swartwont, N., (1880); Napier, E. E., (1881); Brockway, F. M., (1881);
Master(s):: Ransom, Jr., Asa, (1866); Napier, (1880); Douglass, A., (1881);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 17, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 223 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-22-1870
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April 22, 1870: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Chicago 5-12-1879
May 12, 1879: Port: Chicago Number: 17 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1880
April 27, 1880: Port: Chicago Number: 157 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-26-1881
April 26, 1881: Port: Chicago Number: 123 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-4-1881
May 4, 1881: Port: Chicago Number: 142 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-30-1882; Next document: (Vessel Sunk)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Asa Ransom (1866-1882)
Nationality:: American (1866-1882)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1874, Sandwich Point, collision (Tug, Urania), sank and raised;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
4. John Poole's notes;

Contact

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