Chartered by Order of Washington The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Lynch, a fishing schooner chartered by order of General George Washington 26 January 1776 from Col. John Lee of Marblehead, Massachusetts, was commissioned 1 February 1776 at Manchester, New Hampshire, Comdr. John Ayers in command. USS Lynch (1776) …
Launching of a Big Schooner Up at Vancouver Vancouver. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 25, 1895.— Early this morning the three-masted schooner Queen City, 300 tons register, was launched. This vessel is the largest ever built in this province, and her place on the stocks is to be filled by a barkentine of 600 …
Forty-Two Vessels Lost Off Virginia Coast Since 1886 — Ten Times That Number Wrecked But Saved — Tabulation Shows Ships And Cargoes Were Valued At More Than $4,000,000 — All Wrecks Could Have Been Avoided With Harbor At Assateague January 24, 1894 – Josie Smith, sloop, lost ; value of vessel $600; value of …
The Wreck of the Mertie B. Crowley by Mark Alan Lovewell The Cape Cod Canal was still an idea. And it would be years before the advent of navigational tools that are taken for granted today such as radar and global positioning systems. Mariners could only communicate with each other and the shore …
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YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN By HERBERT E. CARSE (January 20, 1902) EDNA George Rice, jr., and his brother, Hayes Rice, have just purchased the sloop Edna from Mr. Bonfilio. The Edna is a staunch craft and built by Carpenter & Cox in New York. She came to this coast with a good reputation as …