: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Truago (Trenton), Michigan
Vessel Type:: Steamer
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Joseph M Keating
Ownership Notes:: Whitaker, Harry D., (1846-1849); Patchin, Aaron D., (1849-1850);
Master(s):: Whitaker, Harry D., (1846-1849);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 2, 1846: Port: Buffalo Number: 64 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 3-22-1849
View document online
March 22, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 6 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
View document online; Next document: (Wrecked in1850)

History

Classification:: a. Steamer, A. D. Patchin (1846-1850)
Nationality:: American (1846-1850)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/.1847, Lake Michigan, broke her piston head and repaired;
2. 6/10/1848, on a reef near North Point, 4 miles north of Racine, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
3. 00/00/1849, Lake Michigan, broke her shaft and towed to Detroit for repairs, $4, 000 loss;
4. 9/26/1850, Skillagalee Reef, Lake Michigan, ashore;*

Notes

General notes:: *Early American Steamers says she wreck on Skillagalee on 10/27/1853, which is an error; Wright's Master Sheet also says the disaster was 1853 which again an error;
1848, she got a new cabin;
Engine: High pressure, Side-Lever; Engine came from the Steamer, Missouri; Wheels, 32' diameter;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Early American Steamers, Vol. II;
5. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
6. Wright's Master Sheet;

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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