Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Ajax
Year of Build:
1862
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
397
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
J. S. Calkins and Company (R. Calkins)
Ownership Notes:
Winslow, H. J., (1862); Anderson, Robert, (1863); Smith, P., (1864); Egan, (1864); Green, J. F., (1865-1866); Dibble, Noah H., (1866); Holm, John, (1866); Easton, (1871);
Master(s):
Nyman, A., (1862); Anderson, Robert, (1863); Burton, J. C., (1863); Jones, I. N., (1863); Jones, J. W., (1864-1865); Hayward, S. G., (1865); Goodwin, A., (1866);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 60.4' Width/Beam: 13.96' Depth: 7.25'
1865
Length: 59.5' Width/Beam: 13.6' Depth: 6.1'
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 55 + 53/95
1865
Gross: 27.66
1868
Enrollments/Registration
May 12, 1862
   Port: Cleveland Number: 46 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-18-1863
May 18, 1863
   Port: Chicago Number: 136 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 8-27-1863
August 27, 1863
   Port: Cleveland Number: 92 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-28-1863
September 28, 1863
   Port: Cleveland Number: 105 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-16-1864
April 16, 1864
   Port: Cleveland Number: 17 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-20-1865
April 20, 1865
   Port: Cleveland Number: 26 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 7-29-1865
July 29, 1865
   Port: Cleveland Number: 242 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-6-1866
April 6, 1866
   Port: Cleveland Number: 13 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-28-1866
July 28, 1866
   Port: Cleveland Number: 107 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-18-1866
September 18, 1866
   Port: Cleveland Number: 158 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Ajax (1862-1869)
Nationality:
American (1862-1868); Canadian (1868-1869)
Chronology:
1. 11/00/1863, Avon Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $1, 000 loss;
2. 11/00/1871, Langstaff Mill, sank at dock and raised;
Notes
General notes:
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was abandoned in 1869;
She was sold to parties in Quebec and was to be delivered to Port Burwell, Ontario on 5/1/1868;
1864 she was noted as a "harbor tug":
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chjicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
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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