Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Jacob Bertschy (Propeller, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Jacob Bertschy
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1876;
Official Number:
75124
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
Amos O. Stokes
Ownership Notes:
Bertachy, John, (1867); Chamberlain, H. L., (1867); Engleman, Nathan, (1868-1875); Blanchard, D., (1870-1872); Reid, A., (1870); Fox River Iron Company, (1870); Arnold, (1870); Blanchard, D., (1873); Engelmann, M., (1873): Northwest Transport Company, (1875); Chamberlin, C., (1875-1876); Hackett, R., (1875); McEutoch, C. A., (1877-1878); McGregor, G. W., (1877);
Master(s):
Mcgregor, (1867); Smith, W. A., (1867); Monroe, J., (1870); Vance, W., (1872); Blanchard, D., (1872); Griffin, J., (1873); Hackett, R., (1875); McGregor, T., (1875-1876); McGregor, G. W., (1878);
Power
Number of Masts:
0 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 139.8' Width/Beam: 27' Depth: 9.3'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 467.32
1876
Gross: 433.05
Enrollments/Registration
September 19, 1867
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 32 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Milwaukee 3-6-1868
March 6, 1868
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 56 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-21-1870
April 21, 1870
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 95 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-4-1870
October 4, 1870
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 22 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-20-1872
April 20, 1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 72 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-4-1870
September 17, 1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 37 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Milwaukee 4-26-1873
April 26, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 148 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 9-30-1873
September 30, 1873
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 45 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-13-1875
April 13, 1875
   Port: Detroit Number: 32 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-21-1875
October 21, 1875
   Port: Detroit Number: 29 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-8-1876
April 8, 1876
   Port: Detroit Number: 37 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Detroit 5-30-1877
May 30, 1877
   Port: Detroit Number: 87 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-15-1878
April 15, 1878
   Port: Detroit Number: 63 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 10-22-1879

Next document: (Vessel Total Loss)
History
Classification:
a. Propeller, Jacob Bertschy (1867-1879)
Nationality:
American (1867-1879)
Chronology:
1. 9/16/1867, Walkers Point Bridge, Milwaukee, collision, (Propeller, Roanoke), and repaired;
2. 9/00/1867, Sheboygan, struck the pier and repaired, $200 loss;
3. 9/00/1867, Chicago, collision and repaired, $200 loss;
4. 8/00/1868, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $400 loss;
5. 11/00/1868, Lake Michigan, collision and repaired, $300 loss;
6. 11/00/1869, broke her wheel at Pentwater, Lake Michigan and replaced;
7. 8/25/1872, Depere, Lake Michigan, caught fire and burned, repaired, $12, 600 loss;
8. 11/25/1872, Escanaba, ashore and released, (Iron ore);
9. 1/00/1874, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ashore and released, $400 loss;
10. 9/3/1879, sprang a leak and beached off Port Austin Reef, Point Aux Barques, near Grindstone City, Lake Huron, ashore
and repaired; ;
Notes
General notes:
1876 she was raised 18" between decks and a ladies cabin added;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
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. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
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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