DAYTON (1871, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
DAYTON
Year of Build:
1871
Official Number:
35372
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Marine City, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
David Lester
Original Owner and Location:
David Lester, Marine City, MI.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
184.2'
Beam:
30.5'
Depth:
9.8'
Tonnage (gross):
462
Tonnage (net):
439
Capacity:
600,000' lumber
Final Disposition
Date:
1927
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

1871, Aug 19 Enrolled Port Huron, MI.

1876 Owned Toledo & Saginaw Transportation Co, Toledo, OH; enrolled as barge, 2 masts, 461 gross tons.

1879, Nov Beached Point Edward, ONT.

1881, Sep Towed by CLEVELAND in Saginaw, MI & Cleveland, OH lumber trade.

1887, Aug Towed by TEMPEST.

1889, Jan 28 Owned J.A. Ward & M.P. Lester.

1898 - 1901 Towed by J.P. DONALDSON.

1904 Owned M.P. Lester & S.C. McLouth, Marine City, MI.

1906 Sold to William Sharp, Bay City, MI by U.S. Marshall.

1912 Towed by W.A. HAZARD, with URANUS & KNAPP.

1927 Abandoned.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
Loudon G. Wilson
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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