Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in the District of Milwaukee

For the year 1854

Propellers
 Name			Tonnage
 G. W. Tifft		81
 A. Rossiter		200

Barques
 Badger State		491

Brigs
 C. J. Hutchison 	341
 Sam Hale		293
 David Ferguson		320
 Helfenstein		329
 Robert Burns		307
 Nebraska		240
 Kirk White		184
 Racine			229
 Ontario		130

Schooners
 D. O. Dickinson	333
 Fred Hill		268
 Norway			230
 Lewis Luddington	234
 Congress		206
 Junitta Patton		260
 Churubusco		255
 Andromeda		207
 Tempest		209
 W. H. Dewitt		248
 Charley Hibbard	207
 Republic		300
 C. Harrison		187
 R. B. Campbell		179
 Henry Hagar		237
 D. Newhall		189
 J. T. Porter		184
 E. Cramer		160
 Napoleon		148
 Josephine Lawrence	110
 Albany			144
 Kitty Grant		105
 Mariner		159
 Emma			159
 Twin Brothers		143
 Calcutta		116
 Gazelle		104
 L. R. Rockwell		115
 Baltic			96
 Traveller		74
 Mary			10
 Indiana		11
 Active			25
 Wallero		48
 Rover			35
 A. V. Knickerbocker	61
 Major Barnum		65
 Toledo			65
 Emily			69
 J. Steinhart		68
 Henry Clay		59
 Wayne			80
 Souvenir		64
 Challenge		110
 L. B. Nichols		80
 Charlotte		155
 Western Star		245
 C. North		151
 Sam Strong		222
 Amelia			20
 Union			87
 Erie			62
 Active			127
 Rambler		137
 Belle City		168
 Cherokee		203
 Three Bells		80
 Gilbert Knapp		197
 Liberty		54

Sloops
 Ole Bull		66
 Lady Ann		30
 Wunx			40
Milwaukee Total 
	Tonnage		11,645.00


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Detroit Tribune, Dec. 9, 1874 

IN WINTER QUARTERS. - The following is a complete list of vessels 
of all descriptions laid up at Milwaukee for the winter:

Steamers -- 
	Revenue Cutter Angrew Johnson
	Chicago
	Saginaw
	City of Toledo (being dismantled)

Propellers -- 
	Waverly
	Lawrence
	City of New York
	City of Madison
	Lake Breeze
	Susquehanna
	J. H. Barnum

Tugs -- 
	J. J. Hagerman
	Starke Brothers
	J. B. Merrill
	E. L. Anthony
	H. F. Bues
	Dexter
	W. K. Muir (still running)
	Dick Davis
	F. W. Maxon (still running)
	E. D. Holton

Barks -- 
	Nelson
	Tanner
	Constitution
	Lottie Wolf
	Red White and Blue

Schooners -- 
	Industry Napoleon
	Ardent
	Evelyn
	Marengo
	Three Bells
	Wm. Aldrich
	Robbie Knapp
	Spartan
	Industry of Milwaukee
	Middlesex
	Surprise
	H. M. Scove
	J. O. Thayer
	Typo
	Toledo
	E.C.L.
	Len Higby
	Joseph Paige
	John H. Merrill
	Harvest Home
	Saveland
	Swallow
	Hope
	L. M. Mason
	M. J. Cummings
	Buena Vista
	Orient
	Active
	Hetty Taylor
	C. G. Breed
	Guido Pfister
	M. L. Collins
	Madonna
	J. H. Stevens
	Trial
	R. P. Mason
	Thos. W. Ferry
	Alice B. Norris
	Jupiter
	Tempset
	Union
	Walhalla
	Negaunee
	James W. Howland
	Jesse Hoyt
	E. Fitzgerald
	Jennibel
	Odin
	Josephine Lawrence
	Conquest
	Alida
	Myosotis
	John S. Richards
	Francis Berriman
	John Dunn
	Boaz
	James Garrett
	Maggie Thompson
	J. A. Travis
	Arcturus
	Monitor
	Gold Hunter
	Moonlight
	David Vance
	Pelican

Scows -- 
	Nellie Winlack
	R. H. Becker
	Laurine
	Mary Ann Scott
	Sailor Boy
	Christe
	Ida H. Bloom
	Emma Leighton
	Maple Leaf
	Mendota
	Emanuel Hunter
	Selt
	Ahnapee
	Quickstep
	Monitor
	South Side
	Alaska
	Supply
	Agnes
	I. M. Hill
	W. W. Brigham
	Home
	Milton
	Planet
	Geo. Neville

Steam scows - 
	Transfer
	Enterprise
	Commerce

RECAPITULATION 
Steamers  4 
Propellers  7 
Tugs  10 
Barks  5 
Schooners  66 
Scows  25 
Steam scows  3 
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Total  121 


Number laid up here in 1873, 135; 1872, 115. - Wisconsin, 7th.
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According to the History of Milwaukee 1881

The smallest steam vessel in this district is the COMMODORE NUTT, 
7.98 tons register.  

The smallest sail vessel registered is the 
MARY 11.76 tons.  

The largest schooner in this district is the 
A.B. MOORE, 1,099.37 tons register.


LEVIATHAN owned by Kirktland, Wolf & Davidson Wrecking Company

DEAN RICHMOND was the first European Clearance

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REUBEN DOUD

Oswego Palladium, Sat., June 7, 1873

Along The Docks. - A new schooner, the REUBEN DOUD, of Milwaukee, arrived in port this morning from Kingston on her maiden trip. The Doud was built in the interior of Wisconsin, on a small stream back of Oshkosh, where oak is plenty. She was commenced over a year ago, and of course is well seasoned.

The stream into which she was launched this spring was so shallow that a series of wing dams had to be built to drive her down the Oshkosh. She is rather an expensive vessel, the original contractor taking French leave with about $10,000 before the vessel was in frame. She is full canal size, and carries, to light, 23,000 bushels of wheat. She is commanded by Capt. Wm. Vance, a good seaman, who is part owner.

The Doud is of the three mast rig, substantially built, and looks as though she ought to pass through the water without disturbing it much.

M.L. COLLINS


Detroit Tribune, 15 Apr, 1876
The schooner M. L. Collins, of Milwaukee, has been lengthened 14 feet and rebuilt. Her repairs have been extensive and complete. She has also been changed from a two into a three-master. Her present dimensions make her nearly full canal size. Her repairs will cost about $8,000.

MARY COLLINS

Detroit Free Press, 23 Nov 1883

MARY COLLINS ABANDONED
A Sturgeon Bay (WI) dispatch to the Chicago Times, dated November 21 says: The schooner M.L. COLLIPS [sic] Capt. H. Oertling, from Milwaukee, began loading wood at Voight's pier, Sister Bay, on Wednesday last, and took on about 100 cords between the day and evening. At 2:30 on Thursday morning, the wind shifted to northwest, blowing heavily. The Collins hove away from the pier and anchored outside, where she withstood the storm until between 9 and 10 o'clock, p.m., when she was driven upon the shore, striking a rock bottom. She pounded so heavily that her planking was started and she soon filled to the water-line. The crew remained on her all night, escaping to the shore in the morning. Capt. Oertling went to Bailey's Harbor, from which place he telegraphed to Milwaukee for assistance, his dispatch being delayed by broken wires. Yesterday himself and crew came overland to this port, and this morning started for Milwaukee. He says the vessel is hogged (sagging in the middle), and that her bottom is probably pounded out of her. He has abandoned her to the underwriters. She is insured for $7,000 in four companies through the agencies of Hibbard & Vance and Fitzgerald & Merrill, Milwaukee, but the names of the companies are unknown to Capt. Oertling. The Collins was built in 1854 and was lengthened to (Welland) canal size (145 feet) in 1877. She is partly owned by Capt. Oertling, who also owns her cargo, which is uninsured. It is reported to-night that a tug has arrived and is trying to rescue the Collins, but it is not believed that the effort will be successful. The vessel lies about 100 feet from shore, which is very rocky. The present favorable weather may assist in getting her off.

She was recovered in a few days and repaired at the Wolf & Davidson Shipyard, Milwaukee, over the following winter.

BALLENTINE FLEET

Detroit Tribune, 19 Apr., 1877

THE BALLANTINE FLEET SOLD. - At Chicago on Monday, the well-known Ballantine fleet was sold, consisting of the steam barges C. J. KERSHAW and D. BALLANTINE and the schooner A. B. MOORE. The purchasers are Phil Armour, of Chicago; R. P. Fitzgerald of Milwaukee and others. Capt. Wiley M. Egan is also mentioned as now having an interest in the vessels.

Considering the purchase price of the fleet, nothing definite is known, beyond the fact that the amount paid is less than $100,000 -and $90,000 may therefore be considered a pretty close guess. This seems almost like throwing property away, for the cost of building the Kershaw alone could not have been less than $120,000, while the Ballantine cost $110,000, and the A. B. Moore, until she was supplied with four masts of much smaller size than the three she originally carried, must have cost Ballantines fully $100,000. It will be remembered that she was totally dismasted twice, and had to be strengthened in hull also. Thus the three mammoth vessels have been sold for considerably less than any one of them cost originally, and the purchasers have made a great bargain, even if the times do not improve yet awhile.

According to the insurance register of last year, the Ballantine had a valuation of $70,000. She was built in 1873, rates A1, and measures 972 tons. The C. J. Kershaw has a registered valuation of $80,000. She was built in 1874, rates A1, and measures 1,324 tons. She is a double-decker. The A. B. Moore has a registered valuation of $50,000. She was built in 1873, measures 1,099 tons, and also rates A1.

ACTIVE

Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct, 1880

Capt. Simonson, of the schooner ACTIVE, on arrival in Milwaukee Monday morning reported that while off Muskegon eight or ten miles, he sighted a dead body floating on the water. The body was picked up, and, much to Capt. Simonson's surprise, it proved to be the body of Carl Claason, his brother-in-law, who was lost on the Grenada.

The schooner GRANADA went down October 17, 1880 Steward Claason was one of four crewmen lost in the GRANADA sinking.
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Oswego Palladium, Jan. 6, 1881

Working Up a Vessel Case
_____
The Suit of the Alpena against the Hyderbad for Salvage
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Capt. John Gormley of the schooner Hyderbad of Kingston was in town yesterday getting the affidavit of Daniel Gunn, an Oswego sailor, who was aboard the Hyderbad when she collided with the schooner Ford River on lake Michigan, June 4, 1880. H. C. Benedict, who drew up the affidavit, says the substance of the sworn statements in behalf of the Hyderbad is that the vessels collided of Manitowoc; that the Hyderbad lost her head gear and head sails, but that her hull was all right; that they were about 15 miles off Manitowoc lying easy and perfectly safe, with a moderate sea running; that Capt. Gormley, the mate and three sailors went in the yawl to Manitowoc for a tug; that when they returned to the vessel the steam barge Alpena of Milwaukee had the vessel in tow; that Capt. Gormley demanded possession of his vessel from the Alpena, which the latter refused, even after Capt. Gormley offered to pay whatever expense they had incurred up to that time in picking up the Hyderbad; that the Alpena took the Hyderbad to Milwaukee and libeled her for salvage.

The Hyderbad was bound from Milwaukee to Kingston with grain and the Alpena bound to Milwaukee with barges in tow. the salvage case is the one pending. There are other allegations in the case which are serious for somebody, to the effect generally that while the Hyderbad's crew was gone for the tug, the sailors' clothes, the vessel's provisions, the captain's gold watch and $80 in gold were taken from the vessel. The gold watch and part of the provisions were returned by the Alpena, it is alleged, but nothing was heard of the money or the balance of the provisions.
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DEXTER: See Wilks bio
AMERICAN EAGLE: see Moody bio
CLEVELAND: see Moody bio
COLUMBIA See Wolf Bio
F.B. ALDRICH: see Allan bio
FAVORITE See Wolf Bio
G.W. TIFT: see Moody bio
GEORGE L. DUNLAP See Wolf Bio
LOTTIE WOLF See Wolf Bio
MINNIE SLAWSON See Wolf Bio
NORTH CAROLINA: see Moody bio
PLYMOUTH ROCK See Jamison Bio
PRINCETON: see Moody bio
QUEEN OF THE LAKES: see Moody bio
ST. LOUIS: see Moody bio
THE TRIAL: see Allan bio
WAYNE: see Moody bio
WINNIE WING See Wolf Bio
WM. GOODNOW: see Allan bio