Wisconsin Maritime Museum

George H. Parker (Tug (Towboat), 1861)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
George H. Parker
Also known as:
Salvor
Year of Build:
1861
Rebuilt:
1. 1868, Detroit, Michigan;
2. 1877;
3. 1892, James Reid, West Bay City, Michigan;
4. 1898, Detroit, Michigan;
5. 1907;
Official Number:
10242
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Detroit, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
John Stupinski (Dupinsky)
Ownership Notes:
Parker,George H., (1861-1870); Whipple, L. L., (1862-1865); Whipple, J. A., (1866-1868); Parker, G., (1874); Fisher, Elain, (1874); Norton, C. W., (1875); Schulenbaugh, A., (1875); Reid (Reed), James, (1892-1893); Hall, Edmund, (1894-1899); Reid Wrecking & Towing Company, (1897); Hall, Edmund, (1898); Great Lakes Dredging Company, (1919);
Master(s):
Whipple, J., (1861-1866); Littlejohn, William, (1868-1870); Pettier, M., (1874); King, George, (1875); Reid, James T., (1892-1898);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1861)
Hull Dimensions
1861
Length: 108' Width/Beam: 18' 6" Depth: 10'
1865
Length: 109' Width/Beam: 20.1' Depth: 8.9'
1892
Length: 106' Width/Beam: 21' Depth: 9.6'
1898
Length: 105' Width/Beam: 21.2' Depth: 11.9'
1907
Length: 106' Width/Beam: 21' Depth: 9.6'
Tonnage
1861
Gross: 188 + 85/95
1865
Gross: 96.11
1868
Gross: 162.82
1877
Gross: 181
1892
Gross: 105.25 Net: 70.60
1898
Gross: 116.23 Net: 64.96
1907
Gross: 126 Registered: 72
Enrollments/Registration
May 9, 1861
   Port: Detroit Number: 42 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 5-22-1862
May 22, 1862
   Port: Detroit Number: 85 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-26-1865
June 26, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 218 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 5-24-1866
May 24, 1866
   Port: Detroit Number: 137 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-27-1868
June 27, 1868
   Port: Detroit Number: 100 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Detroit 5-24-1870
May 24, 1870
   Port: Detroit Number: 71 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1874
April 23, 1874
   Port: Detroit Number: 111 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-2-1875
June 2, 1875
   Port: Detroit Number: 80 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-1-1877

Next document: (Vessel sold foreign)
July 2, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 1 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Re-enrolled (Act 3-2-1889)
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1894
April 23, 1894
   Port: Detroit Number: 63 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-19-1898
April 19, 1898
   Port: Detroit Number: 50 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 6-18-1898
June 18, 1898
   Port: Detroit Number: 72 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt & Tonnage Changed
Next document: Detroit 6-27-1898
June 27, 1898
   Port: Detroit Number: 74 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Name changed to Salvor
Next document: Detroit 3-7-1902
March 7, 1902
   Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost

Next document: Port Huron 6-14-1907

Next document: (Vessel sold foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), George H. Parker (1861-1898);
b. Propeller (Tug), Salvor (1898-1918)
Nationality:
American (1861-1877), (1892-1907); Canadian (1877-1892), (1907-1918);
Chronology:
1. 12/00/1873, Detroit River, hull damaged by a gale and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 10/25/1897, Benton Harbor, Harbor Springs, Michigan, caught on fire, scuttled and raised;
2. 6/13/1918, South Bay, Manitoulin Island, Georgian Bay, sank;
Notes
General notes:
When she was re-enrolled on 3/2/1889, she had lain dismantled, sunk, and abandoned for several years at Algonac, Michigan;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was sold foreign in 1877;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, 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;
6. John Poole's notes;
7. Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels, 1809-1930;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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