Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Ida H. Lee
Year of Build:
1863
Rebuilt:
1. 1868, Stoakes & Locklin, Sheboygan, Wisconsin;
Official Number:
100058
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
J. T. Hingston
Ownership Notes:
Lee, Abigail D., (1863); Lee, W. D., (1864); Seoville, A. C., (1866); Stokes, Amos C., (1867); Nelson, Nels T., (1867); Thayer, J. O., (1868-1869); Poster, J., (1872); Starke, H., (1873); Starke, C., (1874);
Master(s):
Lee, W. D., (1863); Quickenbush, C., (1866); Stokes, Amos C., (1867); Nelson, Nels T., (1867); Young, F., (1868); Jenkins, D., (1869); Archer, J., (1872); Fitzgerald, J., (1873); Daily, J., (1873-1874):
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 44' 9" Width/Beam: 10' 2" Depth: 5' 6"
1865
Length: 44.8' Width/Beam: 10' Depth: 5'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 22 + 72/95
1865
Gross: 17.94
Enrollments/Registration
September 7, 1863
   Port: Buffalo Number: 168 of 1863
Document Type: Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Plattsburg 11-23-1863
View document online
November 23, 1863
   Port: Plattsburg
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Troy 7-29-1865
July 29, 1865
   Port: Troy
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-12-1866
October 12, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 2 of 1866
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: PE Surrendered
Next document: Milwaukee 9-19-1867
September 19, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 33 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-30-1867
October 30, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 50 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-11-1868
August 11, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 15 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-23-1869
April 23, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 91 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-6-1872
April 6, 1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 60 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-16-1873
April 16, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 132 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-16-1873
October 16, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 54 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-20-1874
March 20, 1874
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 95 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-30-1874

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Ida H. Lee (1863-1874)
Nationality:
American (1863-1874)
Chronology:
1. 6/00/1869, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Michigan, caught on fire and burned, repaired,
2. 8/00/1873, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, sank by collision and raised, $500 loss;
3. 4/23/1874, 2 miles northeast of the entrance to Milwaukee Bay, Lake Michigan, collision, (Schooner, Ida), ashore and became
a total wreck, (1 life lost);
Notes
General notes:
She was a harbor tug in 1864;
She was owned at Sheboygan, Michigan in 1873 and lost in 1874;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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
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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