BROOKLYN (1864, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BROOKLYN
Year of Build:
1864
Official Number:
2112
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Clayton, NY
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
S.G. Johnson
Original Owner and Location:
Hale, Pond & Co., Clayton, NY
Hull Dimensions
Length:
140.2'
Beam:
25.8'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (gross):
437
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Alpena, MI.
Lake Huron.
Date:
15 May 1892
How:
Wrecked.
Notes:
Went ashore and wrecked; may have been recovered.
History
Chronology:

1865 Enrolled French Creek, NY as new vessel.

1867 Repaired.

1868 375.79 gross tons.

1871, Sep Collision in canal with LUCY J. LATHAN, sinking the LUCY.

1879 New main mast, grain trade; owned Folger Bros. Cape Vincent.

1880 Downbound with corn to Soo; upbound coal.

1882, Apr 25 Enrolled Port Huron, MI; owned W.B. Morley, Marine City; 138 x 26x 12.6, 375 gross tons.

1892, May 15 Wrecked near Alpena; (Maybe recovered).

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database
John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Loudon G. Wilson
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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