ROGERS, ALIDA J. (1862, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ROGERS, ALIDA J.
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
1552
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Madison Dock, OH
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
A. & D.E. Bailey
Original Owner and Location:
Hosea Rogers, Rochester, NY.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
137.5'
Beam:
26.1'
Depth:
12.5'
Tonnage (old style):
405 23/95
Final Disposition
Final Location:
4.5 mi. off New Mission Point, Traverse City, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
9 Oct 1898
Final Depth:
46''
How:
Struck reef & foundered.
Notes:
Crew escaped. 1898, Dec 20 Documents surrendered. Wreck buoy, 1908: "left tangent of New Mission Point bears W by S, distant 4 1/2 mi. Old Mission lighthouse S 1/8 E distant 3 1/4 miles."
History
Chronology:

1863 Dow, Quirk, & Co.(William Goodman), Chicago, IL.

1865, Apr 21 Readmeasured 340.08 gross tons.

1868 New deck.

1873, Feb 15 Owned Owen Doyle.

1874, Mar 14 Owned W. Chapman.

1876 Owned Graham et al, Sandusky, OH.

1878 Rebuilt.

1882 322.08 net tons.

1891, Jul 12 Sails blown away, saved.

1893, Apr 12 Owned William H. Hargrove.

1895, Jun 14 Stranded Pelee Island, Lake Erie; owned Connolly Bros.

1898, Oct 8/10 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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