MARTIN, JESSIE (1881, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARTIN, JESSIE
Year of Build:
1881
Official Number:
76212
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Muskegon, MI
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
J. P. Arnold
Master Carpenter:
Henry J. Footlander
Original Owner and Location:
C.P. Christenson, Manitowoc, WI
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
68'
Beam:
17'
Depth:
5.7'
Tonnage (gross):
42.36
Tonnage (net):
40.24
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Off Big Point Sable; near Ludington, MI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
20 Aug 1908
How:
wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Lumber.
Notes:
Stranded and went to pieces in a gale; crew rescued by Manitowoc Life Saving crew.
History
Chronology:

1881, Jun 10 Enrolled Grand haven, MI.

1882, Nov 23 Ashore south of Grand Haven piers in gale.

1882, Nov 30 Released by tug WEBSTER BATCEHLLER; capsized & filled; wrecker Dibble drowned; 5 others rescued.

1886 Owned M. Cochrane, Muskegon.

1889 Owned Avery, Muskegon.

1889, Jun Owned John Hanson, Chicago, IL.

1897 Owned C. D. Christenson, Muskegon.

1908, Aug 20 Foundered, Lake Michigan in gale.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
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
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