Robert J. Hackett (Steambarge, 1869)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Cleveland, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Steambarge
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Elihu M. Peck
Ownership Notes:: Wenchell, R., (1870); Hackett, Robert J., (1870); Englemann Transfer Company, (1875); Northern Transfer Company, (1875); Peck, E. M., (1881-1889); Findlater, J., (1892); Vulcan Transfer Company, (1893-1904); Brown, H. H., (1899-1904); McCallum, (1905);
Master(s):: Trotter, David, (1869); Wenchell, R., (1870); Hackett, Robert J., (1870); Allen, Christopher C., (1873-1877); Hackett, R. J., (1881); Girardin, D., (1889): Sanders, H., (1892);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

March 31, 1870: Port: Detroit Number: 6 of 1870
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Detroit 4-23-1877
April 23, 1877: Port: Detroit Number: 37 of 1877
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Detroit 5-19-1881
May 19, 1881: Port: Detroit Number: 128 of 1881
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Tonnage Changed
Next document: Detroit 4-14-1882
April 14, 1882: Port: Detroit Number: 95 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-12-1889
April 12, 1889: Port: Detroit Number: 59 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Detroit 9-12-1892
September 12, 1892: Port: Detroit Number: 26 of 1892
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit 4-10-1905
April 10, 1905: Port: Detroit
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Detroit 11-15-1905

History

Classification:: a. Propeller (Barge), Robert J. Hackett (1869-1905)
Nationality:: American (1869-1905)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1871, St. Clair River, grounded and released, $3, 175 loss;
2. 6/8/1871, Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron, ashore and released, $8, 800 loss;
3. 9/30/1884, Cleveland, Ohio, Lake Erie, collision and towed in for repairs;
4. 9/9/1900, Whaleback Shoal, Green Bay, ashore and released;
5. 11/12/1905, Whaleback Shoal, Green Bay, 10 miles from Cedar River, Michigan, caught on fire and burned to a total loss,
(coal);

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Wright's Master Sheet;
5. John Poole's notes;

Contact

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