LATHROP, S.H. (1856, Schooner)

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Identification

Vessel name:: LATHROP, S.H.
Year of Build:: 1856
Official Number:: 22396

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Number of Decks:: 1
Builder Name:: Francis N. Jones
Original Owner and Location:: E.T. Lathrop, Oswego, NY.

Power

Number of Masts:: 2

Hull Dimensions

Length:: 137'
Beam:: 26.1'
Depth:: 10.3'
Tonnage (old style):: 257

Final Disposition

Final Location:: Alpena, MI. Lake Huron
Date:: May 1902
How:: Stripped & abandoned.
Notes:: Stripped, towed from Fletcher's dock at Alpena, MI to the beach on Thunder Bay. 1905, Dec 2 Enrollment surrendered.

History

Chronology:

1856 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1857, May Collision with barque WATER WITCH, Lake Michigan.

1857, Nov Broke lock, Welland Canal.

1858, Apr Ashore Detroit River.

1860, Apr 30 Beached at 40 Mile Point, Lake Huron, pulled off by tug ELLIOTT, arrived Detroit May 18, cargo 1,000 barrels water lime thrown overboard; tug LEVIATHAN assisted in salvage.

1862, Jul Sunk by collision with bark W. STURGIS, Point au Pelee Passage, Lake Erie, bound Buffalo - Cape Vincent with corn.

1862, Oct 28 Raised; repaired & rebuilt Buffalo, 357 tons.

1864 Owned E.G. Merrick & Son, Oswego, NY.

1865 278.81 gross tons.

1868 Owned Detroit, MI.

1870 Rebuilt.

1871 Owned D. Whitney, Detroit.

1871, Sep Damaged by collision with schooner BROOKLYN, Welland Canal.

1872, Oct Aground at Hinckley's Flats, St. Lawrence River, steam-barge WESTFORD grounded trying to get her off; revenue cutter CHASE got them off.

1876 278 gross ton barge, ex-schooner; owned Hubbard & Co., Sandusky, OH.

1876, Apr 17 Owned F.W. Gilchrist, Alpena, MI.

1878, May 9 Aground Lime Kilns, Detroit River with lumber; released & repaired.