Charles Reitze (Propeller, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Trenton, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Alvin A. Turner
Ownership Notes:: Reitze, Charles, (1872-1873); Reitz, A., (1877-1893); Rietz, T., (1893); Beand, Harry F., (1895); North Branch Lumber Company, (1894-1895); Burns Brothers, (1907);
Master(s):: Davis, R., (1872); Curran, D., (1877); Reitz, A., (1878); Curean, D., (1887); Comstock, J. N., (1893); Curran, Jr, David, (1894-1895);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 27, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 19 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 4-30-1878
April 30, 1877: Port: Chicago Number: 57 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-30-1878
April 30, 1878: Port: Chicago Number: 87 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-26-1887
May 26, 1887: Port: Chicago Number: 108 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-6-1893
May 6, 1893: Port: Chicago Number: 96 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-12-1894
May 12, 1894: Port: Chicago Number: 90 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-13-1895
May 13, 1895: Port: Chicago Number: 100 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner & Rig
Next document: Grand Haven 1-15-1898
January 15, 1898: Port: Grand Haven
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Cleveland 3-18-1915; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Charles Reitze (1872-1915)
Nationality:: American (1872-1915)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, damaged by collision and repaired, $150 loss;
2. 10/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost her deck load of lumber, $1, 800 loss;
3. 11/00/1873, Manistee, Lake Michigan, damaged her hull bottom and repaired, $800 loss;
4. 12/11/1895, off Pentwater, ashore and released;
5. 8/25/1898, Muskegon, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: 7/11/1914, her enrollment was rejected due to the condition of the hull;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. John Poole's notes;

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