Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Minnie Mueller (Schooner, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Minnie Mueller
Year of Build:
1868
Rebuilt:
1. 1880;
Official Number:
17574
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fort Howard, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
E. G. Fowles & Son
Ownership Notes:
Baker, Thomas, (1868); Mueller, William, (1868-1874); Walton, I., (1874-1880); Merrill, (1875); Watson, J., (1882); Knudson, T., (1888); Kundeson, Lars, (1892-1895); Kueadson, Ella, (1895); Kittilsen, B., (1898): Kelleson, Byron, (1899-1904); Chicago Transportation Company, (1916);
Master(s):
Falvey, J., (1868); Mueller, W., (1874); Walton, I., (1874-1880); Watson, J., (1882); Knudeson, T., (1888); Knudeson, L., (1892); Jones, Eddy, (1895); Kittilsen, B., (1898);
Power
Number of Masts:
5/37/1868
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 115' Width/Beam: 27' Depth: 8.5'
1880
Length: 120' Width/Beam: 26.4' Depth: 9.7'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 210.86
1880
Gross: 199.93 Net: 189.94
Enrollments/Registration
June 17, 1868
   Port: Chicago Number: 373 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 2-5-1874
February 5, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 104 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 12-2-1874
December 2, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 35 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 4-15-1880
April 15, 1880
   Port: Chicago Number: 149 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Chicago 3-13-1882
March 13, 1882
   Port: Chicago Number: 62` of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 1-31-1888
January 31, 1888
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 49 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 8-26-1892
August 26, 1892
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 15 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-17-1895
April 17, 1895
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 55 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Grand Haven 4-21-1896
April 21, 1896
   Port: Grand Haven Number: 52 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-2-1898
April 2, 1898
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 42 of 1898
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 8-5-1910
August 5, 1910
   Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Minnie Mueller (1868-1921)
Nationality:
American (1868-1921)
Chronology:
1. 9/00/1869, Lake Michigan, lost her sails and rigging, refitted, $1, 000 loss;
2. 9/28/1871, Wolf river, Ahnapee, Lake Michigan, ashore and released, $300 loss;
3. 9/00/1873, Lake Michigan, lost foremast and mainmast, replaced, $500 loss;
4. 5/00/1874, damaged her outfit at Chicago, repaired, $200 loss;
Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned in 1921;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
2. Enrollments: Chicago, Illinois; Grand Haven, Michigan;
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. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1922);
7. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
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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