OWEGO

Registry and Rig Information

Name OWEGO
Registry U.S.
Official Number 18926
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 168.58
Width 28.16
Depth 10.75
Gross Tonnage 483.55
Hull Material Wood

Vessel History

Rebuilds Remeasured at Dunkirk, NY, (?) in 1865 (624.06 gross).
History First enrollment issued at Buffalo, NY, August 22, 1853.
Disposition Stranded near Van Buren Point, five miles west of Dunkirk, NY, Lake Erie, during blizzard, November 27, 1867; five lives lost. Vessel was bound from Toledo, OH, for Buffalo, NY, with cargo of 340 bbls. flour, 5740 bu. oats, 5500 bu. corn, 100 bbls. tallow, and sundries.

Build Information

Builder Calkins, Roderick (Calkins & Sears)
Place Built Cleveland, OH
Date Built 1853-00-00

Source

Source HCGL