Maritime History of the Great Lakes

A. B. Moore (Schooner), U105241, 24 May 1873

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The A.B. MOORE was launched Saturday afternoon, May 24th., at Bay City. She is 247 feet and will carry 70,000 bushels. She cost $85,000.
      Port Huron Daily Times
      Monday, May 26, 1873

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      MONSTER SCHOONER - A new schooner called the A. B. MOORE, was launched from Ballentine's shipyard at Wenona, on Saturday. The craft is one of the largest ever built on the lakes, having a length of 247 feet overall; breadth of beam, 38 feet; depth of hold, 15 feet; with a tonnage of 1,000 37/100. She will be capable of carrying 1,400,000 feet of lumber, or 75,000 bushels corn. Her owners are Messrs. Ballentine & Co., and she will be commanded by Captain Gilmore.
      The Toronto Mail
      Saturday, May 31, 1873

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On Saturday last a monster schooner named A.B. MOORE, was launched at Bay City. Her dimensions are; keel, 236 ft., beam 38 ft., hold 15 ft., tonnage 1099, 37/100, and length over all 247 ft. She will spread 6,000 yards of canvas and carry 75,000 bu. corn, drawing 14 ft. of water.
      Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
      May 31, 1873 3-5

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Mr. Ballentine has written a letter to parties in Chicago concerning the A.B. MOORE, in which he says: "We are experiencing some very severe lessons and are now satisfied that no one had sufficiently estimated the strength of everything required to make her staunch in every particular. There is but little more to do to prevent the accidents which have befallen her, and as fast as they are developed we will endeavor to rectify them."
      Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
      August 30 , 1873 3-5



Schooner ALEXANDER B. MOORE. U.S. No. 105241, of 1017.67 tons gross; 966.79 tons net. Home port, Milwaukee, Wis. Changed name to NORTHWEST on March 3, 1883
      List of Vessels Whose Names Have been
      Changed under the Act of March 2, 1881
      U. S. Merchant vessel List, 1885
     
     

NAME: ALEXANDER B MOORE (1873; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1880-81; 1882); NORTHWEST (1883; 1894; 1885
RIG: Schooner
OFFICIAL NO: 105241
SIGNAL LETTERS:
LOA: 239.0
BEAM: 38.0
DEPTH: 15..0
GROSS: 1,099.37 (1873; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1880-81; 1882; 966.79 (1883; 1884);
1,017.67 (1885
NET: 966.79 (1985
YEAR BUILT: 1873
STATE: MI
CITY: Bangor
HOME PORT: Bay City, MI (1873; 1875; 1876); Bangor. MI (1871; 1878); Milkaukee, WI (1879; 1880;
1880- 81; 1882; Mitwaukee, WI (1883; 1884; 1885
YEARS LISTED: 1873; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1880-81; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885
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Newspaper
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launch, Bay City, &c.
Date of Original
1873
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McN.E.2938
Language of Item
English
Donor
William R. McNeil
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A. B. Moore (Schooner), U105241, 24 May 1873