1869
1869: AMERICA [Built-1854 Canada-Steamer by Niagara Dock Co.(Edwards) at Niagara, Canada. Renamed: COATZACOALAS 1859 US and AMERICA 1862 US] Taken to New York via Lachine Rapids and St. Lawrence River in June, 1858. Admitted to United States registry by Special Act of Congress, January 19, 1859. Under frequent charter to U.S. Army Quartermaster Department between March 1861 and September 1862. Departed for Pacific Coast, via Cape Horn, in November 1863. Burned while refueling at San Juan, Nicaragua, on March 11, 1869, bound from Panama for San Francisco, Cal. French frigate DU CHAYLA rescued crew
1886
1886: The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan on 11 March 1886.
1887
1887: COL. FERRY [Built-1868 US-4552 by H.C. Pierson at Ferrysburg, Michigan] First enrolled at Grand Haven, MI, June 18, 1880, by reason of License No. 30 (issued at Grand Haven, June 16, 1879) expired.Last Great Lakes enrollment surrendered at Grand Haven, MI, March 11, 1887, by reason of transfer to Lake Charles, LA, District, and endorsed \”to Brashear, LA.\” Presumed abandoned in 1895
1898
1898: ANNIE THORNE [Built-1855 US-569 by Chris Sorenson at Manitowoc, Wisconsin] First enrollment issued at Chicago, IL, July 21, 1855. Remeasured, Chicago, IL, April 14, 1865 (80 x 20.25 x 6.33; 68.65 gross). Measures change, Milwaukee, WI, May 8, 1875 (80 x 20.5 x 7; 89.46 gross – 85.04 net). Final enrollment surrendered at Chicago, IL, March 11, 1898, and endorsed \”total loss, January 24, 1898;\” another source says \”by collision.\”
1904
1904: SHENANGO No.1 [Built-1895 US-116688 by Craig Shipbuilding Co. at Toledo, Ohio] First enrollment issued at Toledo, OH, August 14, 1895. caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion on March 11, 1904. The vessel had been frozen in the ice off Conneaut since January 1 and one member of the crew perished in the blaze. about one mile off the Conneaut, OH, breakwater, Lake Erie, on March 11, 1904; one life lost. Hull later towed to Cleveland, OH, for dismantling
1904: O.B. GREEN [Built-1865 US-18913 by John Gregory at Chicago, Illinois. Renamed: COMMODORE 1882 US-18913] Received first enrollment at Chicago, IL, June 13, 1865. Abandoned and scuttled off Chicago, IL, Lake Michigan, on March 11, 1904. Final enrollment surrendered at Chicago, on April 1, 1904.
1912
1912: DAHLIA [Built-1874 US-U.S,L.H.S. by Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Renamed: DAHLIA 1909 US-206265 and FLORA M. HILL 1910 US-206265] First enrollment issued at Chicago, IL, May 5, 1909.Name changed from DAHLIA to FLORA M. HILL, at Milwaukee, WI, May 12, 1910. As FLORA M. HILL was crushed by ice and sank 600 feet southeast of the Two-Mile Crib, off Chicago, IL, March 11, 1912. Vessel was running Kenosha-Chicago at time of loss.
1917
1917: F & PM NO.5 [Built-1890 US-120812 by F.W. Wheeler & Co. at West Bay City, Michigan. Renamed: PERE MARQUTTE 5 1901 US-120812 and PERE MARQUETTE 5 1916 Canada] First enrollment issued at Port Huron, MI, November 18, 1890. Name changed to PERE MARQUETTE 5 at Port Huron, MI, October 7, 1901. Foundered sixty miles east of Nantucket Island, MA, Atlantic Ocean, on March 11, 1917. Some accounts say renamed ANZAC, under Nova Scotia Steamship Co. ownership, in 1916. Newspaper accounts of loss refer to PERE MARQUETTE, under British registry.
1946
1946: COLQUITT [Bulit-1945 US by Froemming Brothers Inc at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Renamed: COLQUITT (AK-174 US Navy) 1945-US and KUKUI (WAK-186 USCG) 1946-US] Built as C1-M-AV1 class cargo vessel for U.S. Maritime Commission. Acquired by U.S. Navy on August 17, 1945 and commissioned on September 22, 1945. Transferred to U.S.C.G. on September 24, 1945; decommissioned by Navy on March 11, 1946 and permanently transferred to Coast Guard on that date. On April 1, 1946 assigned to Honolulu, Hawaii to supply Coast Guard Loran stations in Pacific and Far East areas.
1946: HIDALGO [Built-1944 US-246508 by Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. at Superior, Wisconsin. Renamed: HIDALGO (AK-189) 1945 US-Navy, HIDALGO 1946 US-246508, and RIZE 1947 Turky] Launched as C1-M-AV1 class cargo vessel for U.S. Maritime Commission. Acquired by U.S. Navy and commissioned on August 4, 1945. Sailed to Panama Canal on September 5, 1945, on way to Pacific area, but with ending of war, was ordered to proceed to Norfolk, VA. Arrived at Hampton Roads, VA, on March 11, 1946, and was decommissioned on April 26, 1946, for return to Maritime Commission. Operated, 1946-1947 by Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc., of Norfolk, VA. onnage change, 1965 (3824 gross – 2142 net). Sold to Gumus Cubuk Kollektif Sirketi; in course of scrapping at Aliaga, Turkey, in August, 1982.
1956
1956: Sea trials were conducted on March 11, 1956, on Paterson’s new canaller LACHINEDOC.
1976
1976: The keel was laid March 11, 1976, for the 660-foot-long forward section of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. McCARTHY JR in 1990.
1981
1981: MONTCLAIR [Built-1956 UK-188386 IMO-5278054 by Collingwood Shipyards LTD at Collinwood, Canada. Renamed: PIERRE RADISSON 1961 UK-188386, GEORGE CROSBIE 1972 UK-188386 and EDGAR JOURDAN 1977 UK-188386] Change of dimensions and tonnage, 1964 (228.42 x 37 x 20.66; 1539 gross – 1017 registered. Stranded on September 21, 1980, in position 68.45N x 81.10W, in Baffin Bay, a total loss. Registration closed on March 11, 1981; endorsed as having been stranded in September 1980.
1982
1982: L’AIGLE was launched March 11, 1982, as a.) ERRIA PILOT (Hull#308) at Imabari, Japan by Asakawa Zosen Co. Renamed b.) KOYAMA 3 in 1983, c.) IONIAN EAGLE in 1989. Purchased by Soconav in 1991, renamed d.) L’AIGLE. Sold, renamed e.) ALAM KERISI in 1996, f.) SALDA in 1999 and, later, g.) ARAL
Data from: Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Joe Barr, Father Dowling Collection, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.
