Flight (Schooner, 1857)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Roderick Calkins
Ownership Notes:: Swain, Valentine, (1857-1864); Becker, Reubin, (1857); Silverman, L., (1863-1865);
Master(s):: Becker, Reubin, (1857); Butterfield, E., (1863); Christian,R. F., (1865);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

May 5, 1857: Port: Cleveland Number: 41 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 5-1-1860
May 1, 1860: Port: Cleveland Number: 35 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 9-15-1863
September 15, 1863: Port: Chicago Number: 302 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 3-13-1865
March 13, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 9 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Flight (1857- )
Nationality:: American (1857- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1863, Lake Huron, damaged in a gale and repaired, $1, 700 loss;
2. 11/00/1863, Lake Erie, lost a man overboard;
3. 12/22/1865, Straits of Mackinaw, Bois Blanc Island, ashore and caught on fire, burned to a total loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. John Poole's notes;

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