W. B. Castle (Tug (Towboat), 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: W. B. Castle
Year of Build:: 1862
Rebuilt:: 1. 1872, Cleveland, Ohio;
2. 1906, Port Huron, Michigan;
Official Number:: 26860

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Peck and Masters
Ownership Notes:: Harmon, A. M., (1862-1865); Hackett, Robert J., (1862-1867); Hackett, Henry, (1862);; Coe, L. M., (1862); Strachan, J., (1869-1872); Wright, C., (1872); Wright, P., (1874); Moffat, A. N., (1879); McVenn, T. W., (1883); McKeun, T. W., (1884); Howard, Henry, (1885-1887); Bennett, A. D., (1889); Howard Towing Association, (1889); Inman, B. B., (1894);
Master(s):: Coe, L. M., (1862); Hackett, Thomas, (1865); Granger, G., (1867); Bell, H., (1869); Artiall, W., (1872); McKinzee, D., (1872-1874); Conwall, J., (1879); Honard, J., (1883); Moore, C. F., (1884); Howard, James, (1885); Cannally, Robert, (1887); Fergnson, R. D.,(1889);Inman, B. B., (1894); Thompson, Robert P., (1902);

Power

Number of Masts:: 0 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 112.01' Width/Beam: 20.75' Depth: 10.07'
1865: Length: 112' Width/Beam: 20.9' Depth: 10'
1872: Length: 114.5' Width/Beam: 20.5' Depth: 11'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 218 + 93/95
1865: Gross: 107.03
1872: Gross: 172.77 Net: 110.55
1906: Gross: 124 Net: 49

Enrollments/Registration

April 19, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1765
April 17, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 19 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-11-1867
April 11, 1867: Port: Detroit Number: 41 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-9-1869
April 9, 1869: Port: Detroit Number: 31 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-30-1872
April 30, 1872: Port: Detroit Number: 88 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 11-18-1872
November 18, 1872: Port: Detroit Number: 70 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-25-1874
April 25, 1874: Port: Detroit Number: 113 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-24-1879
April 24, 1879: Port: Port Huron Number: 60 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-13-1882
April 13, 1882: Port: Port Huron Number: 147 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-31-1883
May 31, 1883: Port: Port Huron Number: 131 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-21-1884
May 21, 1884: Port: Port Huron Number: 148 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Port Huron 5-4-1885
May 4, 1885: Port: Port Huron Number: 97 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-23-1887
April 23, 1887: Port: Port Huron Number: 135 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 6-24-1889
June 24, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 218 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 3-19-1894
March 19, 1894: Port: Duluth Number: 16 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 422-1897
April 22, 1897: Port: Duluth
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Port Huron 6-5-1901
June 5, 1901: Port: Port Huron Number: 74 of 1901
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 2-5-1902
February 5, 1902: Port: Port Huron Number: 28 of 1902
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), W. H. Castle (1862-1906)
Nationality:: American (1862-1906)
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1870, St. Clair River, broke her cylinder and repaired, $600 loss;
2. 9/00/1870, St. Clair River, broke her shaft and repaired, $500 loss;
2. 7/24/1906, Belle Isle, Detroit River, collision, (Steamer, Robert Holland), sank; Sunken wreck lies to westward of Windmill
Point Ranges and opposite Peche Island Buoy;
3. 7/25/1906, Belle Isle, wreck struck by Steamer, Saturn, lost smoke stack and the hull proceeded to go to pieces;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Steeple compound engine, 20-40x30, built 1862 and rebuilt in 1889 by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company, Cleveland, Ohio; Boiler, Fire box, 16'x9', built 1899 at Port Huron, Michigan by Love & Schofield;
She was abandoned in 1906;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Port Huron, Michigan;
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);
5. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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