Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Bay City (Bark, 1857)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Bay City
Year of Build:
1857
Major repairs:
1874;
Rebuilt:
1. 1879;
Official Number:
2135
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Saginaw, Michigan
Vessel Type:
Bark
Additional vessel types:
Scow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Scroll Head
Builder Name:
Samuel J. Tripp
Ownership Notes:
Braddock, H. D., (1857-1864); Ingraham, Edward, (1864-1865); Pearson, J. H., (1865-1866); Johnson, James, (1867-1070); Johnson, M., (1872); Easton, A., (1872-1874); East, Matt, (1873-1878); How, R., (1875); Shepard, R., (1879; Shepard, B., (1878-1879); Colwell, G. L., (1881-1887); Wallace, George, (1887); Recor, E. C., (1888-1897); Chamberlain, C. A., (1894-1898);
Master(s):
Tripp, Alpheus P., (1857); Smith, John, (1864); Johnson, James, (1865-1867); Johnson, J., (1870); Titus, G., (1872); Easton, A., (1872-1874); Jay, E., (1875); Shepard, R., (1878-1880); Currie, T., (1881); King, A., (1885); Wallace, George, (1887); Recor, E. C., (1888-1893); Moore, H. D., (1892); Buntyi, H. E., (1894); McKenzee, Andrew, (1896);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1857)
Hull Dimensions
1857
Length: 141' Width/Beam: 30' Depth: 10' 9"
1865
Length: 140.2' Width/Beam: 29' Depth: 10.4'
Tonnage
1857
Gross: 411 + 52/95
1865
Gross: 306.23 Net: 290.92
Enrollments/Registration
August 1, 1857
   Port: Detroit Number: 105 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 5-3-1864
May 3, 1864
   Port: Detroit Number: 96 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-29-1865
April 29, 1865
   Port: Detroit Number: 112 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 10-25-1865
October 25, 1865
   Port: Chicago Number: 560 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-8-1866
October 8, 1866
   Port: Chicago Number: 109 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-9-1867
October 9, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 315 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 10-29-1867
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October 29, 1867
   Port: Chicago Number: 120 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-18-1870
April 18, 1870
   Port: Port Huron Number: 23 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 5-23-1872
May 23, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 104 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 10-14-1872
October 14, 1872
   Port: Port Huron Number: 37 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-7-1873
January 7, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 49 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-26-1873
April 26, 1873
   Port: Port Huron Number: 83 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1874
May 1, 1874
   Port: Buffalo Number: 11 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Port Huron 5-14-1874
May 14, 1874
   Port: Port Huron Number: 112 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 4-22-1875
April 22, 1875
   Port: Detroit Number: 42 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-23-1875
April 23, 1875
   Port: Port Huron Number: 11 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1876
April 22, 1876
   Port: Cleveland Number: 93 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-23-1878
April 23, 1878
   Port: Port Huron Number: 60 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Toledo 4-24-1879
April 24, 1879
   Port: Toledo Number: 20 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 5-2-1879
May 2, 1879
   Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Detroit 7-12-1881
July 12, 1881
   Port: Detroit Number: 4 of 1881
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 7-14-1881
July 14, 1881
   Port: Port Huron Number: 5 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Detroit 7-10-1885
July 10, 1885
   Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1885
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-12-1887
April 12, 1887
   Port: Detroit Number: 65 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-17-1888
April 17, 1888
   Port: Port Huron Number: 141 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-29-1891
April 29, 1891
   Port: Port Huron Number: 145 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-12-1892
April 12, 1892
   Port: Port Huron Number: 120 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-21-1893
April 21, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 128 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-4-1894
May 4, 1894
   Port: Detroit Number: 66 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1896
April 15, 1896
   Port: Detroit Number: 105 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers Lost
Next document: Detroit 7-31-1903

Next document: (Vessel Lost)
History
Classification:
a. Bark, Bay City (1857-1870);
b. Scow (Barge) (Sloop), Bay City (1870-);
c. Schooner, Bay City ( -1903)
Nationality:
American (1857-1903)
Chronology:
1. 4/29/1858, 7 miles below Cheboygan, Lake Huron, dismasted and repaired, $3, 500 loss;
2. 10/00/1858, Point Pelee Reef, ashore and released, $100 loss, (grain);
3. 6/10/1866, Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $3, 400 loss;
4. 5/00/1868, Lake Michigan, man overboard;
5. 11/25/1871, Port Colborne, ashore and released;
6. 9/21/1872, Burwell, waterlogged, sank and raised;
7. 11/20/1880, Erie, ashore, sank, raised, $3, 500 loss;
8. 11/29/1902, Alpena, Lake Huron, sank at her dock;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $13,200; 1871, she was valued at $10,000; 1882, she was listed with no value given; 1888, she was valued at $6,500, recalked; 1898, she was valued at $1,800, recalked in 1896;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1876; 1878; 1879, 1882, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890,
1891, 1893, 1894, 1898, 1899;
5. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1872-1904);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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