Wisconsin Maritime Museum

St. Joseph (Propeller, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
St. Joseph
Also known as:
Frank B. Stevens
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1880,Detroit, Michigan;
2. 1887,Chicago, Illinois;
3. 1889, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Official Number:
23354
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Hitchcock and Gibson
Ownership Notes:
Edwards, J. D. (1867-1868); Langley, John H., (1868); Lake Michigan Transportation Company, (1868); Goodrigh, A. (1869); 3rd. National Bank of Chicago, (1869); Cleveland & Saginaw Transportation Company,( 1873); Goodrich Transportation Company, (1873); Chamberlin, C., (1873); Mcdowell, Frederick G., (1877); Caul, Peter, (1877); Chamberlin, Charles A., (1877); Fall, Henry, (1877-1878); McGregor, Gregory W., (1877); Thome, William, (1877); Crockett, James, (1877); Gilchrist, F. W., (1877); Fisher, C. T., (1878); Harvey, T. W., (1880); Ladner, W. E., (1880): Cross, C. L., (1884); Lewis, C. T., (1887); Neff, Samuel, (1889-1895); Bloodgett, W. C., (1896-1904); American Box Company, (1916); Peterson, (1916); New York, Ohio & Western Railroad Company, (1921);
Master(s):
Langley, John H., (1867-1868); Morrison,J., (1869); Fall, Henry, (1873-1877); Owen, J., (1877); Doner, John, (1877); Ripley, A. G., (1877); Jones, J. R., (1878); Ladner, W. E., (1880); McCulcom, H. C., (1884); Connelly, Johnb A., (1887); Neff, Samuel, (1889);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 150.8' Width/Beam: 28' Depth: 9.3'
1887
Length: 146.9' Width/Beam: 28.9' Depth: 12.9'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 473.93
1880
Gross: 263.24 Net: 169.39
1887
Gross: 520.41 Net: 260.21
1889
Gross: 304.03 Net: 171.14
1916
Gross: 516 Registered: 269
Enrollments/Registration
July 10, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 243 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Grand Haven 9-11-1867
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September 11, 1867
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 20 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-21-1868
April 21, 1868
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 55 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-16-1869
June 16, 1869
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 130 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit5-13-1873
May 13, 1873
   Port: Detroit Number: 162 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1877
April 17, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 28 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Cleveland 6-12-1877
June 12, 1877
   Port: Cleveland Number: 90 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 7-31-1877
July 31, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 10 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 8-8-1877
August 8, 1877
   Port: Port Huron Number: 14 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 3-28-1878
March 28, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 48 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 11-25-1878
November 25, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 40 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-9-1880
April 9, 1880
   Port: Detroit Number: 77 of 1880
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Chicago 4-27-1880
April 27, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 160 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 4-3-1884
April 3, 1884
   Port: Chicago Number: 53 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 7-21-1887
July 21, 1887
   Port: Chicago Number: 9 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Milwaukee 3-12-1889
March 12, 1889
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 56 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-31-1889
May 31, 1889
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 129 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt & Tonnage Changed
Next document: Port Huron 8-12-1895
August 12, 1895
   Port: Port Huron Number: 11 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 5-7-1896
May 7, 1896
   Port: Oswego Number: 8 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 11-7-1900
November 7, 1900
   Port: Oswego
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Cleveland 9-21-1916

Next document: (Sold Alien)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, St. Joseph (1867-1916);
b. Propeller, Frank B. Stevens (1916-1925)
Nationality:
American (1867-1916); Canadian (1916-1925);
Chronology:
1. 7/00/1869, Bailey's Reef, Green Bay, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $1, 300 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, struck Bailey's Harbor Reef and sprang a leak, repaired;
3. 6/00/1870, Lake Huron, caught on fire and burned, repaired, $600 loss;
4. 8/4/1920, Ashtabula, sprang a leak, sank and raised while loading coal;
Notes
General notes:
*146' long x 29.3' wide x11' depth;
Machinery: Steeple compound engine, 18-33x28 built in 1867 at Buffalo, New York; Boiler: #2, one Scotch, 9'10" x 11'4", built by Kingsford Machine Works, Oswego, New York;
She was abandoned in 1920 and removed from Canadian List of Shipping in 1925;
She was sold Foreign in 1916;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Grand Haven, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Wright's Master List;
4. Canadian List of Shipping: 1925;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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