ALVERSON, HOMER D. (1885, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ALVERSON, HOMER D.
Year of Build:
1885
Official Number:
85847
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Huron, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Note: Six hatches 8' x 14'; cost: $40,000 outfit furnished David Robeson, Jr.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Dunford & Alverson
Master Carpenter:
Thomas A. Alverson
Original Owner and Location:
Dunford & Alverson, Port Huron, MI
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
195.8'
Beam:
35.5'
Depth:
14.5'
Tonnage (gross):
761
Tonnage (net):
723
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Papham Beach, ME.
Portland, ME.
Date:
5 Dec 1898
How:
Went ashore, abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1885, Jun 1 Hit by A.L. HOPKINS St. Clair River while in tow of AUSTRALASIA.

1886 Owned Gilchrist & Company, Cleveland, OH.

1894, Jun 4 Collision with steambarge GEORGE SPENCER Sault St. Marie, MI; $1,000 damages.

1898, Dec 5 Ashore near Papham Beach, ME.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Lorne Joyce
Peter J. VanderLinden
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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