STRONACH, J & A (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
STRONACH, J & A
Also known as:
A.B.C.F.M.
Year of Build:
1854
Official Number:
12978
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Milwaukee, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George Barber
Original Owner and Location:
James Stronach, et.al., Manistee, Michigan
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
89.6'
Beam:
23.7'
Depth:
7.1'
Tonnage (old style):
146.26
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan
Date:
1902
How:
Abandoned, taken out & scuttled
History
Chronology:

1855, October 22 Capsized, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1856, May 16 Sunk by collision with schooner TELEGRAPH off Point Sable

1859, July 11 Owned William T. Thorp, et.al., Milwaukee

1860 Owned Bachelor & Stronach, Milwaukee

1860, October 24 Owned William H. Otto, et.al., Milwaukee

1862 Large repairs

1863, March 2 Owned M.S. Tyson, Milwaukee

1864, March 16 Owned M.S. Tyson, et.al., Milwaukee

1868 107.42 gross tons

1870 Rebuilt as 3 mast schooner at Manitowoc, Wisconsin; lengthened,

109.9' x 23.9' x 7', 143 gross tons

1876 Owned Gifford & Company, Milwaukee

1878 Repaired

1879 Owned Engleman, et.al., Manistee, Michigan; 170 gross tons

1881 Renamed A.B.C.F.M. (American Board of Commissioners of Foreign

Missions)

1882 Owned at Chicago

1884 Wrecked, Gills Pier; raised & repaired, Davidson's Yard,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1899 Owned J. Saveland

1902 Abandoned, Greenfield Avenue Slip, Milwaukee, later removed &

scuttled, Lake Michigan

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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