ALPENA (1868, Scow Schooner)

Year of Build:

1868

Official Number:

1504

Built at:

Alpena, MI

Vessel Type:

Scow Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

James Pickering

Original Owner:

James K. Lockwood & James Pickering

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

78'

Beam:

21.5'

Depth:

5.8'

Tonnage (gross):

63.65

Tonnage (net):

60

Capacity:

80,000 ft. lumber

Date:

1888

Notes:

1888, Jun 30 Document surrendered; vessel total loss.

1868, Jul 22 Enrolled Port Huron.

1873 Repaired; owned W.N. Sanborn, Port Huron.

1877 Repaired; same owner.

1881 Struck by heavy field of ice, cutting a hole in her bows, filling with water in St. Clair River.

1881, Apr Sold to Captain M. Hyde.

1881, Dec Sold to P.B. Sanborn.

1884 Owned by F.W. Menard, Port Huron.

1888 Reported total loss.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Enrollments, U.S. National Archives

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

Milwaukee Public Library

Marine Directory, R. L. Polk Co., Detroit

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Peter J. VanderLinden