FAIR AMERICAN (1804, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
FAIR AMERICAN
Year of Build:
1804
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
64'
Beam:
18.6'
Depth:
8'
Tonnage (old style):
82.54
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off mouth of Salmon River.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
Oct 1818
How:
Driven ashore in storm & wrecked.
History
Chronology:

1804 First American vessel built on Lake Ontario.

1812 Owned Matthew McNair, Oswego; purchased by U.S. Government, armed with 2 guns, sailed in Commodore Chauncey's Fleet.

1814 Returned to commercial service.

1815, Aug 10 Enrolled Oswego.

1818, Oct Lost on Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Brendon Baillod
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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