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The Steamship Pulaski disaster was the term given to the June 14, 1838, explosion on board the American steam packet Pulaski, which caused her to sink 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew. About 59 persons survived, and 128 were lost. [2]
The steamship Pulaski was built by John A. Robb. She exploded in the Steamship Pulaski disaster. On July 19, 1837, John A. Robb & Co. built a steam dredge boat for the United States Government for deepening the harbor at Ocracoke, North Carolina. [8] In August 1837, he built the barqueJohn A. Robb for New Orleans pilots. Captain Bennett was in ...
USS Pulaski, was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Casimir Pulaski. Named Metacomet when built for commercial owners in 1854, she served as USS Pulaski from 1858 to 1863, when she was sold by the Navy. Metacomet was built at New York City.
The steamship ran aground on Bligh Reef and sank without loss of life. [9] Patterson: 1938 A steam freighter, wrecked and aground at Cape Fairweather. [3] Politkofsky: 1915 A sidewheel steamer built by the Russian-American Company, completed 4,000 miles (6,400 km) before being abandoned in St. Michael near the entrance of the Yukon River. Portland
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The Lamar family relocated from Augusta to Savannah, where Gazaway and a group of investors built the steam packet Pulaski in 1837. In June 1838, the Lamar family became victims of the Pulaski disaster off the coast of North Carolina, en route from Savannah to Baltimore. The ship's starboard boiler exploded and sank in only 45 minutes.
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