Orphan Boy (Barge, 1862)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Orphan Boy
Year of Build:: 1862
Official Number:: 18919

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black River, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Barge
Additional vessel types:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: William A. Jones
Ownership Notes:: Foster, D. P., (1865-1878); Byrnes, R. E., (1880); Hutchinson, C., (1865); Kelley, Henry, (1862-1864); Foster, D., (1874); Stockbridge, T. B., (1881);
Master(s):: Morrison, H., (1862); Foster, D. R., (1865); Nelson, J., (1867); Foster, R. A., (1874); Byrnes, R. E., (1878-1880); Boyne, R. E., (1881);

Power

Number of Masts:: 3 (1862)

Hull Dimensions

1862: Length: 145' Width/Beam: 30.2' Depth: 12.2'
1865: Length: 144' Width/Beam: 30.2' Depth: 11.7'

Tonnage

1862: Gross: 490 + 20/95
1865: Gross: 365.78 Net: 347.49

Enrollments/Registration

August 29, 1862: Port: Sandusky Number: 29 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 9-15-1863
September 15, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 170 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Chicago 4-12-1865
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April 12, 1865: Port: Chicago Number: 174 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Cleveland 5-31-1865
May 31, 1865: Port: Cleveland Number: 110 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 4-19-1867
April 19, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 53 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-22-1874
April 19, 1874: Port: Cleveland Number: 73 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Change of Rig
Next document: Cleveland 7-29-1874
July 29, 1874: Port: Cleveland Number: 7 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-22-1875
June 22, 1875: Port: Cleveland Number: 86 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 10-28-1875
October 28, 1875: Port: Cleveland Number: 27 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-18-1876
April 18, 1876: Port: Cleveland Number: 88 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1877
April 17, 1877: Port: Cleveland Number: 28 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-25-1878
May 25, 1878: Port: Cleveland Number: 71 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 4-17-1879
April 17, 1879: Port: Cleveland Number: 39 of 1879
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-5-1880
May 5, 1880: Port: Chicago Number: 103 of 1880
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-26-1881
April 26, 1881: Port: Grand Haven Number: 111 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Grand Haven 1-25-1886; Next document: Vessel Wrecked)

History

Classification:: a. Barge, Orphan Boy (1862-1874);
b. Schooner, Orphan Boy (1874-1886)
Nationality:: American (1862-1886)
Chronology:: 1. 4/00/1871, Lake Erie, lost her jibboom in a gale and replaced, $150 loss;
2. 12/5/1885, near Grand Point Au Sable, Lake Michigan, sank in a gale, (8 lives lost);

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Cleveland, 1869-1879; Mackinaw, 1880-1881; Grand Haven, Michigan 1882-1885;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Grand Haven, Michigan; 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: (1868-1886);
5. John Poole's notes;

Contact

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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