Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Mary Ellen (Scow, 1863)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Mary Ellen
Year of Build:
1863
Official Number:
17209
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sandusky, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Scow
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
S. Jackson
Ownership Notes:
Homegardener, J., (1863-1866); Rino, Henry, (1888):
Master(s):
Stookey, H., (1863-1865); Rino, Henry, (1888);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1863)
Hull Dimensions
1863
Length: 67' Width/Beam: 17' 7" Depth: 3' 5"
1866
Length: 67.4' Width/Beam: 17.7' Depth: 3.2'
Tonnage
1863
Gross: 34 + 62/95
1866
Gross: 36.89 Net: 35.05
Enrollments/Registration
September 21, 1863
   Port: Sandusky Number: 37 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sandusky 4-5-1866
April 5, 1866
   Port: Sandusky Number: 2 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Sandusky 10-25-88
October 25, 1888
   Port: Sandusky Number: 7 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 6-18-1889

Next document: (Vessel Dismantled)
History
Classification:
a. Scow, Mary Ellen (1863-1889)
Nationality:
American (1863-1889)
Chronology:

1. 7/00/1870, Lake Michigan, capsized and towed into port, %500 loss;

Notes
General notes:
Home Port: Sandusky, Ohio, (1869-1885);
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Sandusky, Ohio;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1889);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218
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