Menominee (Propeller, 1872)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George S. Rand
Ownership Notes:: Goodrich Transit Company, (1873-1916); Goodrich, A., (1874); Hanson, G., (1876); Gorduch Transportation Company, (1895-1896);
Master(s):: Gillman, John, (1872); Goldsmith, C., (1874); Walsh, Thomas, (1875); Hanson, G., (1876); Nicholson, William, (1895); Ralleigh, J. C., (1896):

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

October 7, 1872: Port: Milwaukee Number: 42 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New
Next document: Milwaukee 4-30-1874
April 30, 1874: Port: Milwaukee Number: 146 of 1874
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 4-27-1876
April 27, 1876: Port: Milwaukee Number: 98 of 1876
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 2-8-1895
February 8, 1895: Port: Milwaukee Number: 44 of 1895
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Managing Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-6-1896; Next document: (Vessel Abandoned)
June 15, 1896: Port: Milwaukee Number: 113 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel (Rebuilt)
Next document: Milwaukee 7-31-1896
July 31, 1896: Port: Milwaukee Number: 25 of 1896
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 6-9-1903
June 9, 1903: Port: Milwaukee
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Menominee (1872-1896);
b. Propeller, Iowa (1896-1915)
Nationality:: American (1872-1915)
Chronology:: 1. 5/00/1873, Bois Blanc Straits, ashore and released, $4, 900 loss;
2. 5/00/1874, broke her machinery on Lake Michigan, repaired, $300 loss;
3. 7/17/1913, Chicago, sank at dock and raised;
4. 2/4/1915, Chicago Harbor, Lake Michigan, hull crushed by ice and sank;

Notes

General notes:: She was owned in Chicago, Illinois, in 1873;
The Iowa was launched on 5/11/1896; Menominee's final enrollment surrendered at Milwaukee, 6/6/1896, endorsed, abandoned;
Sources:: 1. Wright's Master Sheet;
2. Master Abstracts: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. Enrollment: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
4. John Poole's notes;
5. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
6. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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