Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Maria Melvin (Tug (Towboat), 1865)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Maria Melvin
Year of Build:
1865
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
P. B. Hitchcock
Ownership Notes:
Melvin, John, (1865); Murphy, J. D., (1865); Dobbie, T., (1876); Bedford, J., (1876);
Master(s):
Beckwith, James, (1865); Parsons, J., (1865); Dobbie, T., (1876);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1865)
Hull Dimensions
1865
Length: 54.3' Width/Beam: 15.1' Depth: 7'
Tonnage
1865
Gross: 24.20
Enrollments/Registration
June 16, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 198 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 9-20-1865
View document online
September 20, 1865
   Port: Buffalo Number: 351 of 1865
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Oswego 10-10-1865
View document online
October 10, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1865
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Oswego 4-23-1866
April 23, 1866
   Port: Oswego Number: 7 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-19-1870
April 19, 1870
   Port: Oswego Number: 29 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-26-1871
April 26, 1871
   Port: Oswego Number: 133 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 7-19-1876
July 19, 1876
   Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 8-8-1876
August 8, 1876
   Port: Oswego Number: 4 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-20-1883

Next document: (Vessel Broken Up);
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Maria Melvin (1865-1883)
Nationality:
American (1865-1883)
Chronology:

1. 8/00/1870, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $300 loss;

Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned in 1883;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. 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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