Charger (Schooner, 1868)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Charger
Year of Build:: 1868
Official Number:: 5490

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sodus, New York
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Diodat Rogers
Ownership Notes:: Bates, L, (1868); Holling, J., (1872); Bates, L., (1873-1876); Holling, J. G., (1873); Holling, J. T., (1877=1878); Bates, L., (1879-1881);
Master(s):: Holling, J. T., (1868-1878); Bates, L, (1876-1881); Bates, A. B., (1890);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1868)

Hull Dimensions

1868: Length: 136.5' Width/Beam: 25.2' Depth: 10.6'

Tonnage

1868: Gross: 277.87 Net: 263.98

Enrollments/Registration

May 6, 1868: Port: Oswego Number: 20 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-23-1872
May 23, 1872: Port: Chicago Number: 151 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: (License Expired)
Next document: Oswego 11-7-1872
November 7, 1872: Port: Oswego Number: 87 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Oswego 9-20-1873
September 20, 1873: Port: Oswego Number: 81 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-24-1875
September 24, 1875: Port: Buffalo Number: 4 of 1875
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 6-27-1876
June 27, 1876: Port: Oswego Number: 26 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Cleveland 7-9-1877
July 9, 1877: Port: Cleveland Number: 1 of 1877
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Oswego 10-2-1877
October 2, 1877: Port: Oswego Number: 2 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Toledo 10-1-1878
October 1, 1878: Port: Toledo Number: 10 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Oswego 4-17-1879
April 17, 1879: Port: Oswego Number: 26 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Oswego 4-5-1880
April 5, 1880: Port: Oswego Number: 37 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-8-1881
March 8, 1881: Port: Oswego Number: 24 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 3-31-1891; Next document: (Vessel Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Charger (1868-1891)
Nationality:: American (1868-1891 )
Chronology:: 1. 6/24/1873, Bar Point, below Malden, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $5, 000 loss;
2. 7/30/1890, Point Pelee, collision, (Steam Barge, City of Cleveland), sank (wheat);
3. 4/30/1891, wreck blown up by Capt. Frank Hackett;

Notes

General notes:: Home Port: Sodus, 1870-1872; 1875-1879; 1882-1885; Oswego, 1873; 1880-1881;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1891);

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Website:

https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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

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