: 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. H. Notter & Van Slyke
Ownership Notes:: Kirkland, Isaac, (1862-1864); Conley, J. W., (1864); Keyes, E. A., (1864); Howard, H. L., (1865);
Master(s):: Kirkland, Isaac, (1862); Conley, J. W., (1864); Howard, C. W., (1864); Howard, H. L., (1865); Green, Ballagh, (1869);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 10, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 148 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 7-13-1864
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July 13, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 195 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 7-13-1864
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July 13, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 196 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Erie 9-16-1865
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September 16, 1865: Port: Erie Number: 141 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Asa Covell (1862-1869)
Nationality:: American (1862- )
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1868, Cleveland, Lake Erie, collision (Scow), sank and raised;
2. 4/00/1869, Cleveland, Lake Erie, broke her wheel and repaired, $450 loss;
2. 6/6/1869, Cleveland, Lake Erie, exploded her boilers, sank and raised, $25, 000 loss, (her captain was killed);

Notes

General notes:: 1864 vessel register notes her as a Harbor Tug;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Erie,Pennsylvania;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Erie, Pennsylvania;
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. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

Contact

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