JOHNSON, LENA (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
JOHNSON, LENA
Also known as:
EVRA FULLER
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
15956
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Fort Howard, WI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Soren Anderson
Original Owner and Location:
Halvor Michelson & Wm. Johnson, Chicago, IL.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
132.6'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
9.9'
Tonnage (gross):
228
Tonnage (net):
217
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Racine Reef,
Lake Michigan.
Date:
13 Oct 1893
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
260,000' lumber.
Notes:
Bound for Chicago, went on Racine Reef & wrecked; crew escaped in yawl.
History
Chronology:

1877 Owned Johnson & Co., Chicago, IL.

1878 Owned Michelson.

1878, Oct 23 Collision with schooner OTTER mid lake, Lake Michigan.

1882, Feb 4 Renamed EVRA FULLER - owned by Fuller, Chicago.

1890, May 17 Ran on Wisconsin beach near Death's Door, Lake Michigan; removed by tug LEATHAM Oct. 19.

1893 Owned Edward Warner, Chicago.

1893, Oct 13 Owned by Capt. Joseph Smith; wrecked Lake Michigan.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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