Grace Whitney (Schooner, 1866)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Grace Whitney
Year of Build:: 1866
Rebuilt:: 1. 1878, Detroit, Michigan;
2. 1880, Detroit, Michigan;
Official Number:: 10239

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Gibraltar, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Additional vessel types:: Barge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Roderick Calkins
Ownership Notes:: Whitney, D., (1866-1878) Whitney, Jr., D., (1880-1891): Webb, M., (1892); Werback, A. W., (1892); Stirling, John, (1893); Hubard, F. M., (1893-1904); Sicken, M., (1902-1910); Sicken Salt & Lumber Company, (1907);
Master(s):: Athinson, George, (1866); Elliott, L., (1878); Elliott, L., (1880): Maddock, J. C., (1891); Webb, William, (1892); Hubbard, F. M., (1893-1895); Ross, Heath, (1910);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1866)

Hull Dimensions

1866: Length: 141' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 11.5'

Tonnage

1866: Gross: 289.60 Net: 275.18
1878: Gross: 289.66
1880

Enrollments/Registration

November 10, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 320 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 5-6-1878
May 6, 1878: Port: Detroit Number: 80 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Hail Changed
Next document: Detroit 7-19-1878
July 19, 1878: Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed to a Barge
Next document: Detroit 4-24-1880
April 24, 1880: Port: Detroit Number: 98 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Detroit 4-17-1891
April 17, 1891: Port: Detroit Number: 58 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 2-16-1892
February 16, 1892: Port: Detroit Number: 40 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 6-7-1892
June 7, 1892: Port: Detroit Number: 95 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-7-1893
April 7, 1893: Port: Port Huron Number: 94 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-29-1895
March 29, 1895: Port: Port Huron Number: 54 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-3-1897
April 3, 1897: Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Grace Whitney (1866-1878);
b. Barge, Grace Whitney (1878-1880);
c. Schooner, Grace Whitney (1880-1910)
Nationality:: American (1866-1910)
Chronology:: 1. 11/00/1869, damaged her outfit on Lake Erie and refitted;
2. 10/20/1873, Cleveland, collision, (Schooner, T. B. Rice), repaired;
3. 10/26/1903, Lake Huron, ashore and released;
4. 7/30/1910, 3 miles below Bar Point, Lake Erie, collision, (Steamer, Ogdensburg), sank, (3 lives lost), (coal);
5. 8/28/1910, Canadian Government removed the wreck, coal salvaged, hull dynamited and cleared to 25 feet; Parts of the hull
towed to a dumping ground;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment, Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1911);

Contact

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218

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