SAN JACINTO (1856, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
SAN JACINTO
Year of Build:
1856
Official Number:
22352
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Benjamin B. Jones
Original Owner and Location:
Mixer & Brothers, Buffalo, New York
Ownership Notes:
Lake Navigation Company
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
374.45
Capacity:
17,000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
8 miles northwest of Cove Island, entrance of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron
Final Depth:
30''
How:
Struck rock in fog & foundered
Final Cargo:
corn
Notes:
Bound Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Collingwood, Ontario
History
Chronology:

1856, May 10 Launched

1858, April 13 Owned P.C. Sherman, Buffalo, New York

1860 Owned W.K. Watson, Buffalo

1860, September Struck bar, Chicago, Illinois, Lake Michigan

1862, March Owned Conrad, Chicago

1862, May Collided with J.S. SWEENEY

1862, July Collided wtih bark INVINCIBLE, St.Clair River

1865 Readmeasured 255 gross tons

1867, October 22 Ashore with oats, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie

1868 265.74 gross tons

1870-71, Winter Rebuilt at Hanson's Yard, Manitowoc, Wisconsin; owned

Mullen, Chicago

1871, August Sank with railroad iron, Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin;

repaired Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1876, July 15 Lost foremast near Waugoshance, Straits of Mackinac

1876, September 2 Collided with schooner LAKE FOREST while in tow with

lumber of tug A.B. WARD, Chicago, Lake Michigan

1878, October 4 Dismasted near Seul Choix Point, Lake Michigan; towed

to Chicago

1879, May 31 Grounded with corn near Collingwood, Ontario, Georgian Bay

1881, May 12 Wrecked; owned O.B. Mullen, Chicago

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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