Progress (Propeller, 1880)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Progress
Year of Build:: 1880
Rebuilt:: 1. 1908, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Official Number:: 150205

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Steel
Builder Name:: Wolf & Davidson
Ownership Notes:: Wolf, W. H., (1880); Van Dyke, G. D., (1881-1887): Schlesinger, T., (1889-1890): McLane,, A. J., (1893); Progress Transit Company, (1898); McKinny, (1899); Corrigan, James, (1900-1905); Kilcoree, Ralph, (1930);
Master(s):: Shepard, A. E., (1880); Goldsmith, L. B., (1881-1887); Travers, W. G., (1889): Walsh, James A., (1890); Binnie,Alex, (1893); Farr, M. E., (1898):

Hull Dimensions

1880: Length: 255.2' Width/Beam: 37' Depth: 19.8'
1908: Length: 248' Width/Beam: 37.6' Depth: 15'

Tonnage

1880: Gross: 1,596.20 Net: 1,309.95
1908: Gross: 844 Net: 844

Enrollments/Registration

October 12, 1880: Port: Milwaukee Number: 45 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 5-30-1881
May 30, 1881: Port: Milwaukee Number: 150 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-18-1887
March 18, 1887: Port: Milwaukee Number: 64 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-23-1889
March 23, 1889: Port: Milwaukee Number: 67 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-23-1890
July 23, 1890: Port: Cleveland Number: 7 of 1890
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-29-1890
August 29, 1890: Port: Milwaukee Number: 29 of 1890
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed
Next document: Detroit 4-26-1893
April 26, 1893: Port: Detroit Number: 90 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-25-1898
April 25, 1898: Port: Detroit Number: 52 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Cleveland 9-7-1899
September 7, 1899: Port: Cleveland
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Cleveland 6-30-1906; Next document: (Vessel total loss)
August 13, 1906: Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Redocumented; Next document: Milwaukee 5-25-1908
May 25, 1908: Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Barge

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Progress (1880-1928)
Nationality:: American (1880-1928)
Chronology:: 1. 6/2/1892, above Mamajuda Light, Detroit River, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, Briton), sank and raised;
2. 11/24/1905, Green Bay, ashore and declared a constructive total loss and released;

Notes

General notes:: She was abandoned in 1928;
Sources:: 1. Wright's Master Sheet;
2. Master Abstracts: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Enrollment: Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;

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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