YANKEE (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
YANKEE
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
27564
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newport (Marine City), MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Joseph Luff
Original Owner and Location:
A. Gilchrist, et.al., Newport (Marine City), Michigan
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138.2'
Beam:
25.5'
Depth:
11.8'
Tonnage (old style):
410
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Sand Beach, Michigan, Lake Huron
Date:
1907
How:
Foundered
History
Chronology:

1862 Enrolled Detroit, Michigan

1865 236 gross/224 net tons, owned N.C. Winslow, Buffalo, New York

1868 Owned Tyler & Company, Ashtabula, Ohio

1874, March 19 Owned J.O. Woolson, Bay City, Michigan

1882 Rebuilt

1884 Owned Mills Transportation Company, Port Huron, Michigan; ran as

tow barge Saginaw Lumber Trade; towed by N.MILLS, HURON CITY or

B.W.ARNOLD with JUPITER & BAHAMA

1888 Recaulked, new planking

1890, September Lost tow & beached near Beaver Island

1893, September Ashore 16 miles above Kincardine, Ontario

1894 Owned Reeves, Bay City

1898 Towed by steamer MARK HOPKINS

1901 Same owners, Marysville, Michigan

1907 Owned Johanna W. Baker, Chicago, Illinois; foundered that year

Sand Beach, Lake Huron

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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