Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Cayuga (Tug (Towboat), 1872)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Cayuga
Also known as:
S. S. Mac
Year of Build:
1872
Rebuilt:
1. 1941, Thessalon, Ontario;
Official Number:
125149
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Iron
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
David Bell
Ownership Notes:
Smith, J. T., (1873); Hall, C., (1874); Wilder, P. D., (1875); Hall, A. H., (1876-1878); Williams, W. E., (1877); Barker, A. F., (1880-1881); Rendell, E., (1882): Lanford, W. H., (1884); Kundsen, E. L., (1884): Covell, L. T., (1885); Parsons, W. E., (1887-1890); Wilson, David M, (1895); Lawford, Isaac, (1911); Durocher, T. L., (1923);
Master(s):
Bailey, A., (1874); Wilder, P. D., (1875-1876); Williams, W. E., (1877-1878): Crandall, A., (1880-1881): Joyce, J. F., (1884); Kursden, E. L., (1885); Partridge, A., (1887); Robinson, L. A., (1890); Robinson, L. A., (1895);
Hull Dimensions
1872
Length: 57.5' Width/Beam: 11' Depth: 5'
1941
Length: 57' Width/Beam: 13' Depth: 6.1'
Tonnage
1872
Gross: 27.07 Net: 16.24
1941
Gross: 31 Registered: 21
Enrollments/Registration
July 14, 1873
   Port: Oswego Number: 16 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-20-1874
April 20, 1874
   Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 8 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 7-31-1874
July 31, 1874
   Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 1 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 8-14-1875
August 14, 1875
   Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 2 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 4-24-1876
April 24, 1876
   Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 17 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 7-29-1876
July 29, 1876
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 2 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 7-30-1877
July 30, 1877
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 2 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 8-23-1877
August 23, 1877
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 5 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 5-18-1880
May 18, 1880
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 16 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 6-2-1881
June 2, 1881
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 21 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Cape Vincent 8-17-1881
August 17, 1881
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 3 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 6-22-1882
June 22, 1882
   Port: Cape Vincent Number: 19 of 1882
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Detroit 7-6-1882
July 6, 1882
   Port: Detroit Number: 2 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 5-13-1884
May 13, 1884
   Port: Detroit Number: 71 of 1884
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Grand Haven 6-16-1884
June 16, 1884
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 106 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 8-19-1884
August 19, 1884
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 14 of 1884
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: New Orleans 4-16-1885
April 16, 1885
   Port: New Orleans Number: 196 of 1885
Document Type: License
Reason: License Granted
Next document: Grand Haven 6-18-1885
June 18, 1885
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 96 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 4-22-1887
April 22, 1887
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 49 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 12-5-1890
December 5, 1890
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 10 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 6-27-1895
June 27, 1895
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 92 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-8-1896
April 8, 1896
   Port: Grand Haven
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Propeller (Tug), Cayuga (1872-1941);
b. Propeller (Tug), S. S. Mac (1941- )
Nationality:
American (1872-1941); Canadian (1941- )
Chronology:

1. 00/00/1923, Detour, sank and raised;

Notes
General notes:
Vessel reported as "sailed for Santiago, Cuba, 20/7/1923, not reported since." She sailed from St. Mary's River, Michigan; Tug S. S. Mac, appears in 1941 Canadian List of Shipping as a recovered wreck. Built at Thessalon, Ontario in 1941; In July, 1962, Captain James McColman of Thessalon, said that he and his two sons, Sherlock and Solomon, recovered the S.S. Mac off Detroit, Michigan; The Cayuga was owned by T. L. Durocher, of Detour, Michigan when she was lost in 1923; Hull obviously had been abandoned at the Salon, Ontario, boneyard as early as 1963, although still carried on Canadian List of Shipping;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
3. Wright's Master Sheet;
4. Canadian List of Shipping: 1963;
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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