P. C. Sherman (Bark, 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: Peck & Master
Ownership Notes:: Watson, S. V. R., (1862-1865); Montgomery, R., (1866-1868);
Master(s):: Mason, J. H., (1862-1865); McCartney, George R., (1866); Carbney, G. B. H., (1867); Muir, J. B., (1868);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 3, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 3 of 1862
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-7-1862
May 7, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 48 of 1862
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-13-1865
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April 13, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 25 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 4-11-1866
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April 11, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 45 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Head Room Added
Next document: Buffalo 4-17-1866
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April 17, 1866: Port: Buffalo Number: 53 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-25-1867
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March 25, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 20 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-10-1868
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March 10, 1868: Port: Buffalo Number: 335 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-30-1874
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked and Sunk)

History

Classification:: a. Bark, P. C. Sherman (1862-1874)
Nationality:: American (1862-1874)
Chronology:: 1. 10/00/1863, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $1, 600 loss;
2. 6/25/1866, Cleveland, ashore and released;
3. 10/00/1866, Bois Blanc Island, Mackinac Straits, ashore and released, $2, 500 loss;
4. 11/00/1869, aground on Belle Isle, Detroit River, and lightered off;
5. 11/00/1869, damaged by collision at Chicago and repaired;
6. 11/14/1871, seven miles off Long Point, Lake Erie, sank, (grain), $52, 500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Buffalo, 1869-1875; Listed as lost in 1875;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Merchant Vessel: 1868-1885;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
7. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1875);
8. Wright's Master Sheet;

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