Hattie T. Brown (Yacht, 1865)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 3, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 37 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-8-1870
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March 18, 1870: Port: Buffalo Number: 109 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-29-1872
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April 29, 1872: Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
July 3, 1879: Port: Port Huron Number: 2 of 1879
Document Type: License
Reason: License
Next document: Port Huron 7-13-1880
July 13, 1880: Port: Port Huron Number: 10 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 12-28-1883; Next document: (Vessel under 5 tons)

History

Classification:: a. Steam Yacht, Hattie T. Brown (1865-1897)
Nationality:: American (1865-1897)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1873, Saginaw River, broke her shaft and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 11/11/1897, Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, sank in a gale;

Notes

General notes:: She ran as a Ferry between Bay City and Banks (Bangor);
She was built at Captain Gibson's Shipyard and Dry Dock;
U.S. Merchant Vessels list her as a sailing Yacht, which iis an error;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1876);

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