Oscoda (Propeller, 1878)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Clair, Michigan
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: Simon Langell
Ownership Notes:: Fish, H., (1878); Fish, H., (1882-1886); Pyare, George W., (1889); Corning. Lucy W., (1898); Corning, Gordon, (1889-1891); Edgar, John T., (1889); Wheeler, Henrettia W., (1889); Ryan,George W., (1889); Lyman, Edgar, (1896); Lyman, Corning, (1896); Hines Lumber Company, (1899-1914);
Master(s):: Fish, H., (1878); Sinclair, A. R., (1882-1886); Ryan, George W. , (1889-1891);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 19, 1878: Port: Detroit Number: 32 of 1878
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Port Huron 10-21-1878
October 21, 1878: Port: Port Huron Number: 25 of 1878
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Port Huron 3-31-1882
March 31, 1882: Port: Port Huron Number: 114 of 1882
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-2-1886
April 2, 1886: Port: Port Huron Number: 66 of 1886
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 1-19-1887
January 19, 1887: Port: Port Huron Number: 56 of 1887
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-15-1889
April 15, 1889: Port: Port Huron Number: 148 of 1889
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Papers lost
Next document: Port Huron 3-25-1891
March 25, 1891: Port: Port Huron Number: 93 of 1891
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Port Huron 4-4-1898
April 4, 1898: Port: Port Huron
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Oscoda (1878-1914)
Nationality:: American (1878-1914)
Chronology:: 1. 11/10/1914, Pelkie Reef, between St. Helena Island and Sisqual Bay, 12 miles east of Naubinway, Michigan, on the north shore of the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Michigan, ashore and hull went to pieces;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Wright's Master Sheet;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Master Abstracts: Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;
4. Enrollment: Detroit, Michigan; Port Huron, Michigan;

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