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United States Navy torpedo boat USS DeLong (TB-28) under construction in the George Lawley & Son shipyard, Boston, 1900. George Lawley & Son was a shipbuilding firm operating in Massachusetts from 1866 to 1945.
White Swallow left New York in 1865 under Captain Elijah E. Knowles in "rum shape with rag-tag rigging"—in poor condition. [2]On February 2, 1866, the New York Times reported: "The crew of the clipper-ship White Swallow, just arrived from New-York, have been arrested for mutiny while off the coast of South America."
The Knowles Riot, also known as the Impressment Riot of 1747, was a three-day riot in Boston that began on 17 November 1747, in response to the impressment of 46 Bostonians by Admiral Charles Knowles into the navy.
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Bethlehem Atlantic Works of East Boston, Massachusetts, was a shipyard in the United States from 1853 until 1984. [1] It was owned by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company. It is located directly to the west of the East Boston Immigration Station. The company's offices were in the Atlantic Works Warehouse, built in 1893.
The following is a partial list of ships built at the Boston Navy Yard, also called the Charlestown Navy Yard and Boston Naval Shipyard. The year shown is the launch year. Aerial view of the Boston Navy Yard in April 1960. The South Boston Naval Annex, circa 1958. 1814: USS Independence (90-gun ship of the line) [1] War of 1812; Mexican ...
A ship laden with tea was supposed to arrive in Boston in 1773, where its contents would likely have been dumped. But it wrecked on Cape Cod! When tea was big trouble: Ship bound for Boston Tea ...
In 1875 she set the record of 35 days for a passage from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. According to McKay, [ 1 ] until 1885 under Captain McLaughlin Glory carried general cargo from New York to San Francisco and wheat from there to Britain, and was nearly wrecked in a storm when arriving in Britain in 1880.