Northeast Michigan Oral History and Historic Photograph Archive

RAMONA (1886, Yacht)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
RAMONA
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
110738
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Newburgh, NY
Vessel Type:
Yacht
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
1
Original Owner and Location:
Lewis A. Hall & Buell, New York & Bay Mills, Michigan
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
# Cylinders:
2
# Boilers:
1
# Propellers:
1
Propulsion Notes:
21 + 12 x 12", 400hp engine 4'6" x 16' boiler
Hull Dimensions
Length:
95'
Beam:
13.5'
Depth:
7.4'
Tonnage (gross):
57
Tonnage (net):
28
History
Chronology:

1887-99 Homeport Marquette, Michigan

1887, July New Wheel; overhauled

1890, August 14/15 Collided with & sunk by tug JOHN HICKLER near Bay

Mills, Michigan, Lake Superior; raised

1899 To Cape Vincent, New York

1909 Beam increased 4'

1910 95 x 17.3 x 7.5; 59 gross/31 net tons

1924 Abandoned Cape Vincent, New York

1930 Owned J.T. Reid, Sarnia, Ontario; homeport Cape Vincent

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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