PLYMOUTH (1854, Propeller)

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Identification

Vessel name:: PLYMOUTH
Year of Build:: 1854
Official Number:: 19621

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ohio City, OH
Vessel Type:: Propeller; Note: Largest propeller on Lakes in 1854; scroll head, square stern; near sister WESTMORELAND.
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Stephenson & Lafrinier
Master Carpenter:: Ira Lafrinier
Original Owner and Location:: Pearl L. Sternberg & Co., Buffalo, NY
Ownership Notes:: Pearl L. Sternberg, managing owner.

Power

Number of Masts:: 1
Propulsion:: Screw
Engine Type:: High Pressure (including HPNC)
# Cylinders:: 1
Propulsion Notes:: 40 x 36" engine by Shepard Iron Works, Buffalo.

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 212' 6 3/4"
Beam:: 32' 4"
Depth:: 12' 10 1/2"
Tonnage (old style):: 846 40/95

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Gull Island, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:: 11 Nov 1913
How:: Sunk.
Final Cargo:: Cedar Posts.
Notes:: In tow of tug JAMES H. MARTIN in "big storm" of 1913, MARTIN became disabled & abandoned PLYMOUTH; all 9 hands lost. Wreck found near Poverty Island in 1984.

History

Chronology:

1854, Mar 7 Launched.

1854, May 8 Chartered American Transportation Co. & Elmira & Canadaigria Road.

1854, May 12 First enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1855, Oct 29 Ran on reef Racine, WI, Lake Michigan; released.

1856, Feb 28 Owned Western Transportation Co., Tonawanda, NY.

1856, Sep 20 Struck & sank barge COL. CAMP near Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan.

1859, May 10 Readmeasured Buffalo; 212' 6 1/4" x 32' 10 1/2" x 12' 10 1/2".

1859, Sep 2 Ran into gale off Point Aux Barques, Lake Michigan; 1 lost.

1860, Aug 9 Part of machinery broke, Chicago, IL; repaired.

1862 Rebuilt; part of cabins removed; tonnage reduced 876 gross tons.

1862, Nov Ashore Long Point, ONT, Lake Erie.

1862, Dec 27 Wreck released.

1864 Major repairs.

1865, Apr 24 Readmeasured, Buffalo; 213.5 x 33.5 x 11.75'; 1,029.89 gross tons.

1870, Sep 21 Broke crank pin, Lake Erie; repaired.

1877 Re-engined, 20 x 40", 400hp steeple compound engine from OREGON; later converted to barge, Buffalo or Bay City, MI; 213.5 x 33.6 x 11.7'; 570 gross tons.

1878, Jun 21 Tonnage change, 875.91 gross tons.

1880 In lumber trade.

1880, Oct 9 Broke down, Sand Beach (?)

1882, Oct 11 Owned Coatsworth, Buffalo; rig changed to barge, Port Huron, MI; 570.17 gross tons.

1884 Converted to 3 or 4 mast schooner.

1885, Jul 7 Rebuilt Ed. Dubeau, Algonac, MI; 213.1 x 35.9 x 13.6'; 776.73 gross/ 739.68 net tons; owned William Baker et al, Algonac.

1887 Same owners, New Baltimore, MI.

1887, Oct 24 Driven ashore Presque Isle, Lake Superior.

1888, Aug 13 Wreck salvaged & owned Reid Wrecking Co., Bay City.

1888, Nov 12 Wrecked, Marquette, MI, Lake Superior.

1889 Rebuilt; new bottom & steel arches; 213.1 x 35.2 x 13.6'; 746 gross/ 739 net tons.

1890-1902 Owned W.D. Young, Bay City.