Salvor (Tug (Towboat), 1856)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:: Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Van Slyke Notter & Company
Ownership Notes:: Bristol, R. C., (1856); Garden City & Chicago Mutual Insurance Company, (1856-1858); Aetna Insurance Company, (1856-1866); McKay, James, (1860-1861); Havana, Cuba, (1861); Clyde, Thomas, (1862-1870); Metropolitan Steam Ship Company, (1862-1870); Ashcroft, Charles D., (1870-1877);
Master(s):: Harding, J. C., (1856); Hall, S. M., (1860);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

November 21, 1856: Port: Chicago Number: 114 of 1856
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Middletown 8-16-1858
August 16, 1858: Port: Middletown
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed District

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Tug), Salvor (1856-1861);
b. Propeller, M. S. Perry (1861-1861);
c. Propeller, Salvor (1861-1877)
Nationality:: American (1856-1861); British (1861-1861); American (1861-1877);
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/1857, Chicago, she towed the waterlogged Schooner, "76" into port for repairs;
2. 9/00/1857, Lake Michigan, broke her machinery and was towed to Milwaukee for repairs, $500 loss;
3. 4/29/1858, Chicago, arrived with the damaged Brig, Hampton which had been ashore at South Haven;
4. 6/1/1858, Chicago, arrived with the Minnesota in tow which had been ashore at New Buffalo;
5. 7/00/1859, off Waukegan, Lake Michigan, lost a man overboard;
6. 00/00/1861, she left the Lakes through the Welland Canal, down the St. Lawrence to the Coast; She was captured by the
"U.S.S Keystone State" when she tried to run a blockade to a Rebel port; She was taken to Philadelphia and was
docked there on 11/15/1861;

Notes

General notes:: Machinery: Oscillating engine built by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo, New York: Cylinder 30" diameter x 3' stroke; Boiler, one return flue;
1872, engine by David Bell,
Home Ports: Chicago, Illinois, (1856-1858); Middletown, Connecticut, (1858-1860); Tampa, Florida, (1860-1861); New York, New York, (1861-1870); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (1870-1877);
4/28/1866, she will leave the Great Lakes and run out of Tampa, Florida in the cattle trade;
Lytle-Holdcamper says she was sold British and renamed M. S. Perry on 10/7/1861; She was captured as a blockade runner on 10/17/1861; Redocumented "Salvor" on 3/1/1862; She was abandoned in 1877;
Sources:: 1. Detroit Free Press: 4/28/1866;]
2. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois;
3. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Early American Steamers, Vol. V;
6. Chicago Daily Press: 9/00/1857;
7. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/28/1858;
8. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);

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