Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Passaic (Propeller, 1862)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Passaic
Year of Build:
1862
Rebuilt:
1. 1883, Detroit, Michigan;
Official Number:
196991
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Charles S. Bidwell and Mason
Ownership Notes:
New York & Erie Railroad Company, (1862-1877); Drew, Daniel, (1862-1865); Gould, Jay, (1868); Caldwell, S. D., (1869); Union Steam Boat Company, (1871-1876); Shearman, H. P., (1873); MacDonaugh, A. R., (1874); Guthrie, T. T., (1876); Blodgett, C. C., (1877-1891); Blodgett, Homer, (1885-1891);
Master(s):
Kirby, John, (1862); Mitchell, J. S., (1865); Lisson, H. A., (1868); Watts, Thomas, (1869); Pope, F. S., (1871-1873); Marion, E. M., (1874); Gaylord, G. A., (1875); Joiner, O. B., (1876); McFarland, D., (1877-1883); Canartney, (1891);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1862)
Hull Dimensions
1862
Length: 189' 6" Width/Beam: 30' 3" Depth: 12'
1865
Length: 198' 3" Width/Beam: 27' 7" Depth: 11' 4"
1883
Length: 198' 3" Width/Beam: 27' 7" Depth: 11' 4"
Tonnage
1862
Gross: 654 + 66/95
1865
Gross: 844.81 Net: 711.14
1883
Gross: 531.61 Net: 411.92
Enrollments/Registration
June 16, 1862
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 20 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Dunkirk 4-8-1865
April 8, 1865
   Port: Dunkirk Number: 2 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 10-17-1868
October 17, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 76 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-26-1869
View document online
April 26, 1869
   Port: Buffalo Number: 155 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-14-1873
View document online
April 14, 1873
   Port: Buffalo Number: 160 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1874
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March 25, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 176 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-6-1876
View document online
April 6, 1876
   Port: Buffalo Number: 42 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-23-1877
View document online
October 23, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 32 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-7-1883
May 7, 1883
   Port: Detroit Number: 75 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Detroit 12-26-1891

Next document: (Vessel and document lost)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Passaic (1862-1891)
Nationality:
American (1862-1891)
Chronology:
1. 5/4/1863, Toledo, caught fire, burned and repaired, $10, 500 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, Chicago, collision, (Schooner, Emeline and Tug, Babcock), repaired, $200 loss;
3. 9/00/1873, Buffalo, collision and repaired, $375 loss;
4. 5/00/1874, Fish Creek, Green Bay, ashore and released, $300 loss;
5. 6/00/1874, Fish Creek, Green Bay, ashore and released, $600 loss;
5. 10/31/1891, 6 miles above Dunkirk, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and sank, hull went to pieces, (lumber), $15, 000 loss;
Notes
General notes:
*She had 2 decks in 1865;
She was valued at $47,000, in 1863; $35,000, in 1871; $20,000, in 1878; $20,000, in 1884; $12,000, in 1891;
Repairs: New main deck in 1871, new arches in 1872, squires fastening in 1882, recalked in 1889;
Machinery: Vertical direct acting, low pressure engine built by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York; Cylinder: 42" diameter x 38" stroke;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Dunkirk, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; Dunkirk, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: (1863-1891);
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
6. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
7. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
9. Wright's Master Sheet;
10. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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