Yale (Propeller, 1895)

Description

Identification

Vessel name:: Yale
Also known as:: Charlotte Graveraet Breitung; T. K. Maher; D. E. Callender; Wilton
Year of Build:: 1895
Rebuilt:: 1. 1915;
2. 1936, Toledo Ship Building Company, Toledo, Ohio;
Official Number:: 27665

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Additional vessel types:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: Cleveland Ship Building Company
Ownership Notes:: Yale Transit Company, (R. R. Rhodes, Mgr.), (1895-1907); Boland, John J., (1907-1914); Great Lakes Engineering Works, (1914-1915); Juliet-Graveraet Steamship Company, (1915-1918); Marrow Steamship Company, (Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, Mgrs.), (1918-1926); Marrow Steamship Company, (Valley Camp Steamship Company, Mgrs.), (1926-1933); U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, (1933-c.1947);
Master(s):: Coulter, John, (1895);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

August 28, 1895: Port: Cleveland Number: 18 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-9-1906
April 9, 1906: Port: Buffalo
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Yale (1895-1915);
b. Propeller, Charlotte Graveraet Breitung (1915-1918);
c. Propeller, T. K. Maher (1918-1924);
d. Propeller, D. E. Callender (1924-1936);
e. Propeller (Derrick Barge), Wilton (1936-c.1947)
Nationality:: American (1895-c.1947)
Chronology:: 1. 6/21/1907, Point Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 11/14/1933, 10 miles west of Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released*

Notes

General notes:: *Declared a constructive total loss; Apparently reduced to a derrick barge about 1936, at Toledo, Ohio; 8/00/1938 she was back at Toledo for repairs after working on the breakwall at Conneaut, Ohio; Reportedly taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, about 1943 and scrapped 1947; There appears to be no official record as derrick barge, "Wilton";
Sources:: 1. Naval Architectural Drawings: American Ship Building Co. & Predecessors, (1867-1920);
2. Wright's Master Sheet;
3. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
4. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;

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