Illinois (Schooner, 1848)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Joseph, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head (1848)
Builder Name:: James J. Randall
Ownership Notes:: Gilbert, T. D., (1848-1851); Sutherland, S. F., (1848); Glanly, John, (1861-1866); Burke, J., (1865); Johnson, S. C., (1866-1871);
Master(s):: Sutherland, S. F., (1848); Burke, J., (1861-1865); Johnson, S. C., (1866);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 13, 1848: Port: Detroit Number: 26 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 6-26-1849
June 26, 1849: Port: Chicago Number: 33 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 6-19-1851
June 19, 1851: Port: Chicago Number: 21 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-2-1861
April 2, 1861: Port: Chicago Number: 16 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-11-1865
April 11, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 167 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 4-19-1866
April 19, 1866: Port: Chicago Number: 711 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-30-1875; Next document: (Vessel Total Wreck)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Illinois (1848-1875)
Nationality:: American (1848-1875)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1858, Grand Haven, ashore and released, $600 loss, (lumber);
2. 5/00/1868, near Grand Haven, collision, (Bark, Newsboy), sank and raised;
3. 6/00/1869, Kenosha, lost jib-boom and became waterlogged by collision, (Propeller, City of Fremont), repaired;
4. 5/00/1870, Lake Michigan, collision, sank and raised, $6, 660 loss;
5. 11/00/1871, Lake Michigan; waterlogged, and repaired, $9.500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: 1860, she was valued at $1,400;
1871, she was valued at $4,500;
1873, she was valued at $1,200;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

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