: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Huron, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scorpion Figure Head
Builder Name:: Fitzgerald and Stewart
Ownership Notes:: Johnson,J., (1867); Neal, Thomas, (1867); Vance, D., (1872-1873); Hibbard, J, (1873); Prouty, H., (1874); Hubbard, W. B., (1874); Hubbard, J., (1874); Johnson, John, (1874); Pronty, W., (1879):
Master(s):: Neal, Thomas, (1867-1873); Vance, D., (1872); Williams, A., (1873); Prouty, D. D., (1874-1879);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 15, 1867: Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Port Huron 4-9-1868
April 9, 1868: Port: Port Huron Number: 11 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-25-1872
April 25, 1872: Port: Milwaukee Number: 75 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-11-1873
April 11, 1873: Port: Milwaukee Number: 124 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-24-1874
April 24, 1874: Port: Buffalo Number: 219 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-24-1879
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October 24, 1879: Port: Buffalo Number: 24 of 1879
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 10-18-1880
View document online; Next document: (Vessel Wrecked, Total Loss)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Hattie Johnston (1867-1880)
Nationality:: American (1867-1880)
Chronology:: 1. 10/21/1868, West Point of Hammond's Bay, (15 miles southeast of Duncan City), Lake Huron, ashore and released, (coal),
$8, 500 loss;
2. 11/00/1869, damaged her outfit in a gale on Lake Michigan and repaired;
3. 6/00/1870, Lake Huron, collision and repaired, $600 loss;
4. 4/3/1871, south side of Mackinac Harbor, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
5. 8/00/1871, Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $800 loss;
6. 9/00/1871, 40 miles above Pointe Aux Barques, Lake Huron, collision, (sank Schooner, Montezuma), lost fore rigging and
jibs, repaired, $2, 000 loss;
7. 9/00/1872, Lake Huron, lost foremast in a gale and replaced, $180 loss;
8. 4/00/1874, sprang a leak on Lake Huron, repaired, $600 loss, (coal);
9. 5/00/1874, ashore at Hammond's Bay and released, (coal), $1, 100 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
7. Toronto Globe: 12/4/1883;

Contact

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