Manistee (Propeller, 1867)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Manistee
Year of Build:: 1867
Rebuilt:: 1. 1871, Campbell & OwenCompany, Detroit, Michigan;
2. 1873, Duluth, Minnesota;
Official Number:: 90311

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: E. M. Peck
Ownership Notes:: Englemann, Nathan, (1867-1871); Austrian, Joseph, (1876-1883); Leepoed, S. F., (1882); Stone, W., (1873-1874);
Master(s):: Mills, Byron, (1867); Stannard, W. K., (1870); Sweetman, H., (1871); Leod, J., (1876); Leepoed, S. F., (1882); Austrian, Josep[h, (1883); Thompson, H., (1873); Hay, J. M., (1874);

Power

Number of Masts:: 1 (1867)

Hull Dimensions

1867: Length: 155.1' Width/Beam: 27' Depth: 10'
1871: Length: 184' Width/Beam: 30' Depth: 9.1'

Tonnage

1867: Gross: 561.39
1871: Gross: 625.93
1873: Gross: 677.10 Net: 513.47

Enrollments/Registration

October 25, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 47 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 12-23-1870
December 23, 1870: Port: Milwaukee Number: 34 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 7-11-1871
July 11, 1871: Port: Detroit Number: 3 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Milwaukee 7-26-1871
July 26, 1871: Port: Milwaukee Number: 7 of 1871
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 11-12-1873
November 12, 1873: Port: Duluth Number: 6 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 3-10-1874
March 10, 1874: Port: Duluth Number: 8 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Duluth 4-18-1876
April 18, 1876: Port: Duluth Number: 10 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-26-1876
April 26, 1876: Port: Chicago Number: 81 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-5-1882
April 5, 1882: Port: Chicago Number: 91 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-25-1883
April 25, 1883: Port: Chicago Number: 64 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-3-1883; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Manistee (1867-1883)
Nationality:: American (1867-1883)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1867, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan, broke her wheel and repaired, $800 loss;
2. 8/00/1869, Ludington, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $800 loss;
3. 3/00/1871, Milwaukee, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
4. 3/00/1872, Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $6, 000 loss;
5.. 5/27/1872, forty miles off Chicago, Lake Michigan, collision, (sank Schooner, Samuel Robinson), repaired, $$32, 000
loss;
5. 11/00/1873, Lake Michigan, hull damaged by ice and repaired, $600 loss;
6. 11/16/1883, mid-lake off Ontonagon, Michigan, between Ontonagon and Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, foundered, (24
lives lost);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

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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