Also known as:

QUICKSTEP

Year of Build:

1874

Official Number:

115335

Built at:

Green Bay (Fort Howard), WI

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

S. Anderson

Original Owner and Location:

Anderson et. al., Green Bay, WI.

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

140.8'

Beam:

25.3'

Depth:

10.2'

Tonnage (gross):

282

Tonnage (net):

268

Final Location:

Punta del Uvero, Cuba

Date:

7 Nov 1917

How:

Wrecked in a storm.

1876 Described 282 gross tons.

1881, Mar 15 Owned C. H. Hackley & McGordon Estate, Muskegon; sold to other Muskegon parties.

1882, Oct Collision with steambarge KETCHAM, crushing ANDERSON'S starboard bow.

1887, Apr 13 Name changed to QUICKSTEP.

1895, May 13 Went ashore Sheboygan, WI; all crew saved; carrying lumber; owned Jacob B. Jacobson and Michael Hilty, Hilty Lumber Co.

1895, Jun 5 Released from beach, now in port for repairs.

1895, Oct Receiving through rebuilt by purchasers Riebildt, Wolter & Co., Stergeon Bay, WI.

1916 Mobile, Alabama.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

John O. Greenwood

Newspaper Clippings

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

C. Patrick Labadie

Donald V. Baut