Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Uranus
Also known as:
Semlin
Year of Build:
1873
Rebuilt:
1. 1873, Detroit, Michigan;
2. 1919;
Official Number:
60096
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
New Jerusalem, Ohio
Vessel Type:
Barge
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
A. McLeod
Ownership Notes:
Ward, E., (1873); Stephenson, S., (1875-1881); Tyler, W. W., (1886-1888); Pease, L. E., (1889-1893); Lester, Thomas S., (1890); Balfour, John M., (1893-1907); McLouth, S. C., (1907-1918); Milnes Coal Company, (1918); Miens, J. H., (1919); Russel, J. E., (1929);
Master(s):
Carter, J., (1873); Hutchinson, T., (1875-1881); Tyler, W. W., (1886); Galligan, D., (1888); Pease, L. E., (1889); Galligan, D., (1889); Baefour, John M., (1893-1902);
Power
Number of Masts:
3 (1873)
Hull Dimensions
1873
Length: 169' Width/Beam: 29.9' Depth: 12.9'
1919
Length: 169' Width/Beam: 30' Depth: 13.2'
Tonnage
1873
Gross: 524.28 Net: 498.07
1919
Gross: 460
Enrollments/Registration
August 14, 1873
   Port: Detroit Number: 24 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 9-11-1873
September 11, 1873
   Port: Detroit Number: 35 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rig Changed to a Schooner
Next document: Chicago 9-10-1874
September 10, 1874
   Port: Chicago Number: 7 of 1874
Document Type: Temporary Registration
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Marquette 7-28-1875
July 28, 1875
   Port: Marquette Number: 3 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Marquette 3-26-1878
March 26, 1878
   Port: Marquette Number: 37 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sandusky 4-10-1879
April 10, 1879
   Port: Sandusky
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Marquette 3-26-1881
March 26, 1881
   Port: Marquette Number: 19 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-1-1886
April 1, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-1-1888
View document online
May 20, 1886
   Port: Buffalo Number: 83
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed owners
Next document: Buffalo 1 May 1888
View document online
May 1, 1888
   Port: Buffalo Number: 45 of 1888
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-10-1889
View document online
April 10, 1889
   Port: Port Huron Number: 126 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 00-10-1889
April 6, 1893
   Port: Port Huron Number: 91 of 1893
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-6-1894
April 6, 1894
   Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1894
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 3-28-1902
March 28, 1902
   Port: Port Huron Number: 41 of 1902
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

Next document: Port Huron 11-29-1919

Next document: (Sold Foreign)
History
Classification:
a. Barge, Uranus (1873-1873);
b. Schooner, Uranus (1873-1919);
c. Schooner, Semlin (1919-c.1929)
Nationality:
American (1873-1919); Canadian (1919-c.1929)
Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned about 1929;
Her rig was changed to a schooner at Detroit, Michigan, on 9/11/1873;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Marquette, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Marquette, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1873-1920);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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