MINNEHAHA (1857, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MINNEHAHA
Year of Build:
1857
Official Number:
16617
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Oswego, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
James Navaugh
Original Owner and Location:
James A.Baker, Oswego, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
125'
Beam:
25.6'
Depth:
10.6'
Tonnage (old style):
285
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Port Stanley, ONT.
Lake Erie.
Date:
Oct 1869
How:
Storm.
Final Cargo:
Wheat.
Notes:
Bound Toledo, OH - Oswego, NY, sank in a storm; outfit recovered. 1873 Vessel may have been recovered & rebuilt as STAR C71163.
History
Chronology:

1857 Enrolled at Oswego, NY.

1860 Enrolled at Toledo, OH.

1860, Apr 16 Aground Fighting Island, Detroit River.

1860, Nov Ashore at Cape Vincent, NY, Lake Ontario, released & repaired.

1863 Owned Carrington & Casey, Toledo.

1864 Readmeasured, 171.81 gross tons.

1867, May 4 Dismasted, Lake Ontario.

1868 Enrolled at Detroit, MI.

1868, Aug Rebuilt, Detroit.

1868, Sep 15 Aground Raisin Point, Lake Erie with coal.

1869, Oct Sank Lake Erie, owned Dibble, Detroit.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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