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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "1855 ships" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... USS Young America
Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes 3 January United States Donald McKay: East Boston, Massachusetts: McKay: Clipper: For Black Ball Line. [1]4 January United Kingdom
The Fulton, was registered with the ‘’Record of American and Foreign Shipping,’’ from 1858 to 1869. Her ship master was Captain J. A. Wotten; her owners were N.Y & Havre Steam Navigation Company; built in 1855 at New York; and her hailing port was the Port of New York. [7]
John T. Lloyd heavily advertised the book in 1855, promising "The STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY will contain a complete list and description of all the Steamboats now afloat in the Western and Southern waters. The length, model, speed, power and tonnage of each boat, where and by whom built, the name of the boat, with the trade she is in...
The Confederacy, in desperate need of ships, raised Merrimack and rebuilt her as an ironclad ram, according to a design prepared by Lt. John Mercer Brooke, CSN. Commissioned as CSS Virginia 17 February 1862, the ironclad was the hope of the Confederacy to destroy the wooden ships in Hampton Roads , and to end the Union blockade which had ...
It is the sole remaining example of the hundreds of American-built clipper ships. [13] Swordfish — 1851 United States (New York, NY) Unknown 169.6 ft (51.7 m) Swordfish was built by William H Webb, and owned by Barclays & Livingston both of New York. She sailed from New York to San Francisco in 90 days under Captain David S Babcock. Syren: 1851
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Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States include merchant ships designed, built, or operated by the United States during the Age of Sail (approximately 1570 to 1860). Business portal Modern history portal