George B. McClellan (Tug (Towboat), 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Edmund Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Lunday, J. M., (1862); Trowbridge, Edmund, (1863-1867); Wilcox, (1864); Grummond, S. B., (1873-18801;
Master(s):: Lunday, L. M., (1862); Edwards, John, (1862); Robinson, J. C., (1863); Keith, Angus, (1865); Young, P., (1867-1869); Danges, F., (1873); McKenzie, D. (1877); Danger, F. H., (1880); Botsford, W., (1881);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 23, 1862: Port: Cleveland Number: 54 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-10-1863
April 10, 1863: Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1865
April 21, 1865: Port: Detroit Number: 69 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1867
April 17, 1867: Port: Detroit Number: 80 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-26-1873
April 26, 1873: Port: Detroit Number: 138 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-21-1877
April 21, 1877: Port: Detroit Number: 34 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: On account of errors
Next document: Detroit 4-5-1880
April 5, 1880: Port: Detroit Number: 72 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-9-1881
May 9, 1881: Port: Detroit Number: 120 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 3-10-1887; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer (Tug), George B. McClellan (1862-1887)
Nationality:: American (1862-1887)
Chronology:: 1. 8/00/1867, St. Clair River, broke her shaft and replaced, $800 loss;
2. 10/00/1869, Lake Erie, damaged her stern by collision (Tug, H. N. Martin), and repaired;

Notes

General notes:: She was abandoned in 1887;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Wright's Master Sheet;
7. John Poole's notes;

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