W. K. Muir (Tug (Towboat), 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: W. K. Muir
Year of Build:: 1862
Rebuilt:: 1. 1865;
Official Number:: 26367

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: L. H. Boole & Davidson
Ownership Notes:: Larkins, William, (1862-1865); Greenleaf, (1864); Porter, William, (1866-1868); Porter, James, (1867-1868); Emmett, Rose, (1867-1868); Starke, H., (1873-1874); Starke, C. H., (1876-1880);
Master(s):: Larkins, William, (1862-1865); Dobson, J. H., (1866); Hurth, A., (1867-1876); McSweeney, J., (1880);

Power

Number of Masts:: 0 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 66.8' Width/Beam: 14.7' Depth: 7.4'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 66 + 37/95
1865: Gross: 66.39

Enrollments/Registration

July 21, 1862: Port: Milwaukee Number: 9 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 9-13-1864
September 13, 1864: Port: Milwaukee Number: 15 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Act. 3-8-1864
Next document: Milwaukee 11-15-1865
November 15, 1865: Port: Milwaukee Number: 132 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Milwaukee 4-5-1866
April 5, 1866: Port: Milwaukee Number: 156 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-7-1867
June 7, 1867: Port: Milwaukee Number: 134 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-8-1873
April 8, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 120 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-16-1873
October 16, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 56 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-20-1874
March 20, 1874: Port: Milwaukee Number: 100 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 5-30-1876
May 30, 1876: Port: Milwaukee Number: 131 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-20-1880
March 20, 1880: Port: Milwaukee Number: 67 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-31-1882; Next document: (Vessel Dismantled)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), W. K. Muir (1862-1882)
Nationality:: American (1862-1882)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1873, Milwaukee, broke her machinery and repaired, $380 loss;
2. 5/00/1874, Milwaukee, collision, (Tug, Maxon), repaired, '$100 loss;
3. 9/27/1875, below Port Huron, sank and raised;

Notes

General notes:: She was abandoned in 1881;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Detroit Free Press: 12/25/1867;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:

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

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