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| 3719 | USS Constitution - Frigate |
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| In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. "When the USS Constitution, 'Old Ironsides,' was preparing for its 200th anniversary in 1997, the crew from Ralph W. Stanley was called in to help determine if it was seaworthy. So Ralph, Richard and his brother-in-law, Tim Goodwin, went to Boston to conduct a survey of the old warship. 'I went all over that ship,' Richard Stanley said. 'She was really in good shape. She could have sailed.' They made some suggestions, although he said he didn't know what the Navy did with the ship. It did sail again, he added." - from 'Stanley Boat Leaving Southwest Harbor' by Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News, August 24, 2009. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204', 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years. | 
Description: In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. "When the USS Constitution, 'Old Ironsides,' was preparing for its 200th anniversary in 1997, the crew from Ralph W. Stanley was called in to help determine if it was seaworthy. So Ralph, Richard and his brother-in-law, Tim Goodwin, went to Boston to conduct a survey of the old warship. 'I went all over that ship,' Richard Stanley said. 'She was really in good shape. She could have sailed.' They made some suggestions, although he said he didn't know what the Navy did with the ship. It did sail again, he added." - from 'Stanley Boat Leaving Southwest Harbor' by Rich Hewitt, Bangor Daily News, August 24, 2009. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204', 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years. [show more] | |||
| 14930 | Whistler - A-Boat |
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| “Whistler” won the George Davenport Hayward Cup at the Northeast Harbor Fleet in 1940. | 
Description: “Whistler” won the George Davenport Hayward Cup at the Northeast Harbor Fleet in 1940. | ||||
| 12696 | Pilgrim Shallop |
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| 12697 | Pilgrim Shallop II |
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| During the winter of 1956-7, Roger C. Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey went to Plymouth, Massachusetts to build a replica of the Pilgrim’s shallop, while at the same time a replica of the Mayflower was being built in Plymouth, England. The shallop, 33’ long and equipped with a mainsail, a jib and oars, was the vessel that had remained with the Pilgrims in 1621 when the Mayflower sailed back to England. My father’s brother, Robert Rich, was a friend of George Davis, owner of Plymouth Marine Railways, who had the contract. Mr. Davis, whose father and grandfather came from Washington County, claimed that Maine boat builders were the best. He subcontracted the job to my Uncle Bobby (Robert Farnsworth Rich), who then hired my father and Mickey to actually go and build the boat.” – Meredith Rich Hutchins, Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society, Spring 2006, v9 Number 2. Vessel Name – Pilgrim Shallop II Class – shallop Hull - wood Masts - 1 Rig – mainsail & jib Designed by – William Avery Baker Build date - 1957 Built by – Roger Clifton Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey Built at – Plymouth Marine Railways, Plymouth, Massachusetts Built for – Plymouth Marine Railways / Plimoth Plantation Inc. Named for – Pilgrim’s 1621 shallop Power - sail and oars Gross tons - Net tons – Capacity - Length – 33’ | 
Description: During the winter of 1956-7, Roger C. Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey went to Plymouth, Massachusetts to build a replica of the Pilgrim’s shallop, while at the same time a replica of the Mayflower was being built in Plymouth, England. The shallop, 33’ long and equipped with a mainsail, a jib and oars, was the vessel that had remained with the Pilgrims in 1621 when the Mayflower sailed back to England. My father’s brother, Robert Rich, was a friend of George Davis, owner of Plymouth Marine Railways, who had the contract. Mr. Davis, whose father and grandfather came from Washington County, claimed that Maine boat builders were the best. He subcontracted the job to my Uncle Bobby (Robert Farnsworth Rich), who then hired my father and Mickey to actually go and build the boat.” – Meredith Rich Hutchins, Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society, Spring 2006, v9 Number 2. Vessel Name – Pilgrim Shallop II Class – shallop Hull - wood Masts - 1 Rig – mainsail & jib Designed by – William Avery Baker Build date - 1957 Built by – Roger Clifton Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey Built at – Plymouth Marine Railways, Plymouth, Massachusetts Built for – Plymouth Marine Railways / Plimoth Plantation Inc. Named for – Pilgrim’s 1621 shallop Power - sail and oars Gross tons - Net tons – Capacity - Length – 33’ [show more] | ||||
| 13648 | The Resurrection of the Sloop Endeavor |
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| The Friendship sloop Endeavor sunk off Rockland Harbor on July 24, 2001 while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. This sequential set of photos shows the process of Endeavor being lifted out of the water by Salvage III and brought back to Southwest Harbor for inspection and repair. The photos also show the damage to the boat after a month under water. | 
Description: The Friendship sloop Endeavor sunk off Rockland Harbor on July 24, 2001 while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. This sequential set of photos shows the process of Endeavor being lifted out of the water by Salvage III and brought back to Southwest Harbor for inspection and repair. The photos also show the damage to the boat after a month under water. [show more] | |||
| 10898 | Lobster Yacht |
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| The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 | 
Description: The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 [show more] | ||||
| 3514 | Bonaventure - Dragger |
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| Bonaventure was a 90’ dragger designed by Cyrus Hamlin and built for the Novello family of Gloucester by Southwest Boat Corporation in Southwest Harbor. She was the first big dragger built there. See: Prybot, Peter K.. White-Tipped Orange Masts: Gloucester’s Fishing Draggers, 1970-1972, A Time of Change (The Curious Traveller Press, Gloucester, 1998), p. 63. | 
Description: Bonaventure was a 90’ dragger designed by Cyrus Hamlin and built for the Novello family of Gloucester by Southwest Boat Corporation in Southwest Harbor. She was the first big dragger built there. See: Prybot, Peter K.. White-Tipped Orange Masts: Gloucester’s Fishing Draggers, 1970-1972, A Time of Change (The Curious Traveller Press, Gloucester, 1998), p. 63. | ||||
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| 13995 | No-Name - Lobster Boat - Built for Louise (Webber) Jackson O'Brien |
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| Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' lobster boat, for Louise O’Brien at his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. Mrs. O'Brien used the boat for her employees, Julius “Judy” E. Mitchell (1902-1982) and his brother, George A. Mitchell (1915-1998) to go back and forth from Cranberry Island to her yacht. The lobster boat was later owned by boat builder James “Jimmy” Harold Rich (1932-2010). | 
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' lobster boat, for Louise O’Brien at his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. Mrs. O'Brien used the boat for her employees, Julius “Judy” E. Mitchell (1902-1982) and his brother, George A. Mitchell (1915-1998) to go back and forth from Cranberry Island to her yacht. The lobster boat was later owned by boat builder James “Jimmy” Harold Rich (1932-2010). | |||
| 15065 | Rebel - Lobster Boat |
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| Vessel Name: Rebel Class: Lobster Boat Hull: Wood Designed by: Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Build date: 1928 Built by: Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Built at:: Great Cranberry Island, Maine Built for: Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) Power: Gross tons: Net tons: Length: 32’ Beam: Draught: Number: ME 2265 A Disposition: Beached at Swans Island “Uncle Lew” sailed summer people in her - originally a round hood open boat - later sold to Clyde M. Torrey of Swans Island who owned her when this photograph was taken – a small cabin had been added to her. | 
Description: Vessel Name: Rebel Class: Lobster Boat Hull: Wood Designed by: Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Build date: 1928 Built by: Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) Built at:: Great Cranberry Island, Maine Built for: Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) Power: Gross tons: Net tons: Length: 32’ Beam: Draught: Number: ME 2265 A Disposition: Beached at Swans Island “Uncle Lew” sailed summer people in her - originally a round hood open boat - later sold to Clyde M. Torrey of Swans Island who owned her when this photograph was taken – a small cabin had been added to her. [show more] | ||||
| 3008 | Trailaway - Lobster Boat Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat |
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| The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue. |  Trailaway - Lobster Boat Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat
Description: The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue. | ||||
| 15163 | St. Mary's - Sloop |
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| N.Y.N. SS "St. Marys" - The New York Nautical School Ship "St. Mary's" Vessel Name – USS St. Marys Class – sloop of war Hull - wood Masts - 3 Carried – 16 - 32 pound cannons, 6 - 8” guns Designed by – Build date - 1844 Built by – Built at – U.S. Naval Yard, Washington, D.C. Built for – U.S. Navy Named for – the first colonial settlement in Maryland Displacement 958 tons Gross tons - 766 Length – 149’3” Beam – 37'4" Draught - 18' Sail area – Crew – 195 Number – Disposition - Laid up at Mare Island September 1866 Recommissioned fall of 1870 Placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA., 3 June 1873 Transferred to the Public Marine School at New York in 1875 - served as school ship until June 1908 Final Disposition - sold for scrapping in August 1908 to Thomas Butler and Co., Boston November 1908 - dismasted and dismantled hull burned at Point of Pines, Massachusetts, for the purpose of getting the copper that was in her. "Southwest Harbor, Me., August 7 - The schoolship St. Mary's arrived at this place to-day, twenty-four days from Madeira. All on board are well. The vessel is commanded by Commander A.S. Crowninshield, United States Navy." - The New York Times, August 8, 1890. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (March 14, 1843-May 27, 1908) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after the war held high commands both afloat and ashore. Born in New York, he was the grandson of Jacob Crowninshield (appointed Navy secretary under Jefferson but who died before taking up the office), and grandnephew of George Crowninshield (adventuring owner of Cleopatra's Barge, first yacht to cross the Atlantic). Arent graduated from the United States Naval Academy on May 28, 1863 and immediately went into action in the American Civil War, participating in the assault on Fort Fisher while serving on the steam sloop Ticonderoga. After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant in 1866, Commander in 1880, where he was from 1887 to 1891 commander of the school ship St. Mary. Promoted Captain on July 21, 1894, he took command of the new battleship Maine at her commissioning in 1895, leaving in 1897 to become chief of the Bureau of Navigation. - Arlington National Cemetery In 1886 Commander Crowninshield, U.S.N. and family of Washington, D.C. were listed as spending the summer at “The Anchorage” in Seal Harbor. "USS St. Marys (1875-1908) - A sloop of War built in 1844, USS St. Marys served in the Pacific Fleet during the Civil War and made some patrols against the slave trade. She was assigned to the City of New York as a training ship to the newly formed New York Nautical School by the Secretary of the Navy by Act of Congress. After thirty-three years of service, the longest of all the training ships, she was retired." - http://www.maritimeindustrymuseum.org/ships.htm - Accessed 2007. "USS St. Mary's - 1875-1908 - The Original USS St. Mary’s, built in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard in 1844, was named for the first colonial settlement in Maryland. She was 149 feet, 3 inches in length and had a tonnage of 766 and an original battery of twenty guns. Her main truck towered 150 feet above the spar deck. Following her commissioning as a naval vessel in 1844, she cruised with the Home Squadron and saw active service in the Mexican War taking part in the capture of Tampico in 1846 and later brought home trophies captured during the Mexican campaign. From 1848 to 1873, the St. Mary’s was attached to the Pacific and Asiatic Squadrons, and in 1860, her sailors and marines cooperated with the forces aboard H.B.M.S. Clio, in quelling insurrections at Panama. In 1873, upon arrival at Norfolk, Virginia the vessel was laid up in ordinary. The St. Mary’s was one of the fastest sailing ships of her time. She was one of the ships in Admiral Perry’s fleet which opened up Japan in 1850 and was a sister ship of the USS Saratoga which also took part in that historic voyage to the Japanese Empire. The St Mary’s was commissioned as the training ship for the New York Nautical School in 1874 and served in this capacity until February, 1908. On November 14th of that year, the dismasted and dismantled hull was burned at Point of Pines, Massachusetts, for the purpose of getting the copper that was in her. Her history closely parallels that of the USS Saratoga which ended her active service about the same time after a colorful career. The Forty-five ensign that flew at the gaff of the old St. Mary’s when she was decommissioned in 1908 is on display in the Museum. This very flag was flown by second USS St. Mary’s in Tokyo during the Japanese surrender. The Second USS St. Mary’s, under the command of Captain E. R. Glosten, class of 1908, and took an honored place in the hard hitting forces of Admiral Nimitz." - Maritime College, State University of New York web site, http://www.sunymaritime.edu/Maritime%20Museum/TrainingShipWing/stmarys.aspx, Accessed 2007. "...1903 graduate of the New York Nautical School, the institution out of which eventually emerged present day Maritime College. In that period, the School for all intents and purposes was conducted primarily aboard the St. Mary's, and it was on this ship that students eventually would sail to foreign ports." - The Frederick M. Hendrickson Class Of 1903 Student Papers by Nicholas J. Falco, Archivist, January 1999 - Deposited at the Archive/Maritime Historical Records Collection, Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College. | 
Description: N.Y.N. SS "St. Marys" - The New York Nautical School Ship "St. Mary's" Vessel Name – USS St. Marys Class – sloop of war Hull - wood Masts - 3 Carried – 16 - 32 pound cannons, 6 - 8” guns Designed by – Build date - 1844 Built by – Built at – U.S. Naval Yard, Washington, D.C. Built for – U.S. Navy Named for – the first colonial settlement in Maryland Displacement 958 tons Gross tons - 766 Length – 149’3” Beam – 37'4" Draught - 18' Sail area – Crew – 195 Number – Disposition - Laid up at Mare Island September 1866 Recommissioned fall of 1870 Placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA., 3 June 1873 Transferred to the Public Marine School at New York in 1875 - served as school ship until June 1908 Final Disposition - sold for scrapping in August 1908 to Thomas Butler and Co., Boston November 1908 - dismasted and dismantled hull burned at Point of Pines, Massachusetts, for the purpose of getting the copper that was in her. "Southwest Harbor, Me., August 7 - The schoolship St. Mary's arrived at this place to-day, twenty-four days from Madeira. All on board are well. The vessel is commanded by Commander A.S. Crowninshield, United States Navy." - The New York Times, August 8, 1890. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (March 14, 1843-May 27, 1908) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after the war held high commands both afloat and ashore. Born in New York, he was the grandson of Jacob Crowninshield (appointed Navy secretary under Jefferson but who died before taking up the office), and grandnephew of George Crowninshield (adventuring owner of Cleopatra's Barge, first yacht to cross the Atlantic). Arent graduated from the United States Naval Academy on May 28, 1863 and immediately went into action in the American Civil War, participating in the assault on Fort Fisher while serving on the steam sloop Ticonderoga. After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant in 1866, Commander in 1880, where he was from 1887 to 1891 commander of the school ship St. Mary. Promoted Captain on July 21, 1894, he took command of the new battleship Maine at her commissioning in 1895, leaving in 1897 to become chief of the Bureau of Navigation. - Arlington National Cemetery In 1886 Commander Crowninshield, U.S.N. and family of Washington, D.C. were listed as spending the summer at “The Anchorage” in Seal Harbor. "USS St. Marys (1875-1908) - A sloop of War built in 1844, USS St. Marys served in the Pacific Fleet during the Civil War and made some patrols against the slave trade. She was assigned to the City of New York as a training ship to the newly formed New York Nautical School by the Secretary of the Navy by Act of Congress. After thirty-three years of service, the longest of all the training ships, she was retired." - http://www.maritimeindustrymuseum.org/ships.htm - Accessed 2007. "USS St. Mary's - 1875-1908 - The Original USS St. Mary’s, built in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard in 1844, was named for the first colonial settlement in Maryland. She was 149 feet, 3 inches in length and had a tonnage of 766 and an original battery of twenty guns. Her main truck towered 150 feet above the spar deck. Following her commissioning as a naval vessel in 1844, she cruised with the Home Squadron and saw active service in the Mexican War taking part in the capture of Tampico in 1846 and later brought home trophies captured during the Mexican campaign. From 1848 to 1873, the St. Mary’s was attached to the Pacific and Asiatic Squadrons, and in 1860, her sailors and marines cooperated with the forces aboard H.B.M.S. Clio, in quelling insurrections at Panama. In 1873, upon arrival at Norfolk, Virginia the vessel was laid up in ordinary. The St. Mary’s was one of the fastest sailing ships of her time. She was one of the ships in Admiral Perry’s fleet which opened up Japan in 1850 and was a sister ship of the USS Saratoga which also took part in that historic voyage to the Japanese Empire. The St Mary’s was commissioned as the training ship for the New York Nautical School in 1874 and served in this capacity until February, 1908. On November 14th of that year, the dismasted and dismantled hull was burned at Point of Pines, Massachusetts, for the purpose of getting the copper that was in her. Her history closely parallels that of the USS Saratoga which ended her active service about the same time after a colorful career. The Forty-five ensign that flew at the gaff of the old St. Mary’s when she was decommissioned in 1908 is on display in the Museum. This very flag was flown by second USS St. Mary’s in Tokyo during the Japanese surrender. The Second USS St. Mary’s, under the command of Captain E. R. Glosten, class of 1908, and took an honored place in the hard hitting forces of Admiral Nimitz." - Maritime College, State University of New York web site, http://www.sunymaritime.edu/Maritime%20Museum/TrainingShipWing/stmarys.aspx, Accessed 2007. "...1903 graduate of the New York Nautical School, the institution out of which eventually emerged present day Maritime College. In that period, the School for all intents and purposes was conducted primarily aboard the St. Mary's, and it was on this ship that students eventually would sail to foreign ports." - The Frederick M. Hendrickson Class Of 1903 Student Papers by Nicholas J. Falco, Archivist, January 1999 - Deposited at the Archive/Maritime Historical Records Collection, Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College. [show more] | |||||
| 15174 | John Somes - Coasting Schooner |
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| 15175 | Fred C. Holden - Schooner |
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| The schooner "Fred C. Holden" was built at Tremont in 1872 by William S. Newman. She was 137.61 tons - 96.8 - 27.2 - 7.9. She had many owners and masters before she foundered at Damariscota Island on May 30, 1913. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 74 - 2003 The ship contractor for the "Fred C. Holden" is not listed in the above citation, but S.A. Holden & Co. and C.M. Holden & Co. (Simeon Amasa Holden and Cummings Milliken Holden) are both listed as Ship Contractors in 1871 in Tremont. Wm. S. Newman is listed as a Ship Carpenter. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 55 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. | 
Description: The schooner "Fred C. Holden" was built at Tremont in 1872 by William S. Newman. She was 137.61 tons - 96.8 - 27.2 - 7.9. She had many owners and masters before she foundered at Damariscota Island on May 30, 1913. - List of Vessels Built on Mount Desert, Cranberry, Tinker’s, Thompson’s and Long Island (Frenchboro) Compiled by Ralph Stanley, p. 74 - 2003 The ship contractor for the "Fred C. Holden" is not listed in the above citation, but S.A. Holden & Co. and C.M. Holden & Co. (Simeon Amasa Holden and Cummings Milliken Holden) are both listed as Ship Contractors in 1871 in Tremont. Wm. S. Newman is listed as a Ship Carpenter. - Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles, by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 55 - 1871 - Found online using Google Book Search. [show more] | |||||
| 15183 | Elsie - Lobster Style Fishing Boat |
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| 15187 | Rosemont - Schooner Barge |
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| Vessel Name - Rosemont Class – schooner-barge Hull - wood Masts - Designed by – Build date – 1895 Launch date - Built by – Kelley, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine. Built for – Staples Coal Company, Fall River, Massachusetts Named for – Power – meant for tow Gross tons - 708 Net tons – 951.84 Length – 174.3’ Beam – 35.4’ Depth – 14.2’ Crew – 2 Number – 111084 Disposition - Wrecked off Amagansett, Long Island, New York in 1903 while carrying coal on a tow by tug Eureka from Philadelphia to Boston. "Crew of Barge May Be Lost The Rosemont, with No One Aboard, Is Stranded Near Amagansett Life Saving Station Eastport, L.I., April 8 – In a heavy gale and a tremendous surf the barge Rosemont of Bath, Me., coal laden, bound from Fall River, Mass., stranded on a bar one and a half miles west of the Amagansett Life Saving Station early this morning. The life savers boarded the barge and found no one on the vessel. It is believed that the members of the crew were drowned. A watch is being kept for bodies along the beach. The vessel is rapidly going to pieces. The barge was noticed last night in tow of a tug opposite Montauk. She appeared to be manoeuvring [Sic] strangely. When darkness settled she was still moving westward." - New York Times, April 9, 1903. "The Rosemont A Total Wreck Fire Island, L.I., April 15 – Lone Hill Life Saving Station reports that the barge Rosemont, which, as before reported, went ashore at Amagansett, has gone to pieces. The Rosemont was coal laden, and left Philadelphia April 6, in tow of the tug Eureka, for Boston. The crew of the Rosemont was rescued by the tug." – The Brooklyn Eagle, April 15, 1903. "Schooner Barges The sailing vessels include craft built primarily to be towed, although equipped with sails which are used only to assist in steering. These craft, known as “schooner barges,” are thus described in the report of the Commissioner of Navigation for 1905: “A seagoing schooner barge is a vessel usually towed from port to port, but rigged with masts and furnished with sails, so that if in emergency she breaks adrift from the towing steamer, she may not be helpless at sea. Nearly all of the schooner barges before 1890 were square-rigged vessels or schooners which had outlived their usefulness as such and were dismantled and converted into barges. Shortly before 1890, and to a considerable extent since, such schooner barges have been specially constructed, some of them with steel hulls. The practice of cutting down square-rigged vessels and schooners into barges still continues.”…" – "Transportation by Water," United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 10. |
Description: Vessel Name - Rosemont Class – schooner-barge Hull - wood Masts - Designed by – Build date – 1895 Launch date - Built by – Kelley, Spear & Co. Built at – Bath, Maine. Built for – Staples Coal Company, Fall River, Massachusetts Named for – Power – meant for tow Gross tons - 708 Net tons – 951.84 Length – 174.3’ Beam – 35.4’ Depth – 14.2’ Crew – 2 Number – 111084 Disposition - Wrecked off Amagansett, Long Island, New York in 1903 while carrying coal on a tow by tug Eureka from Philadelphia to Boston. "Crew of Barge May Be Lost The Rosemont, with No One Aboard, Is Stranded Near Amagansett Life Saving Station Eastport, L.I., April 8 – In a heavy gale and a tremendous surf the barge Rosemont of Bath, Me., coal laden, bound from Fall River, Mass., stranded on a bar one and a half miles west of the Amagansett Life Saving Station early this morning. The life savers boarded the barge and found no one on the vessel. It is believed that the members of the crew were drowned. A watch is being kept for bodies along the beach. The vessel is rapidly going to pieces. The barge was noticed last night in tow of a tug opposite Montauk. She appeared to be manoeuvring [Sic] strangely. When darkness settled she was still moving westward." - New York Times, April 9, 1903. "The Rosemont A Total Wreck Fire Island, L.I., April 15 – Lone Hill Life Saving Station reports that the barge Rosemont, which, as before reported, went ashore at Amagansett, has gone to pieces. The Rosemont was coal laden, and left Philadelphia April 6, in tow of the tug Eureka, for Boston. The crew of the Rosemont was rescued by the tug." – The Brooklyn Eagle, April 15, 1903. "Schooner Barges The sailing vessels include craft built primarily to be towed, although equipped with sails which are used only to assist in steering. These craft, known as “schooner barges,” are thus described in the report of the Commissioner of Navigation for 1905: “A seagoing schooner barge is a vessel usually towed from port to port, but rigged with masts and furnished with sails, so that if in emergency she breaks adrift from the towing steamer, she may not be helpless at sea. Nearly all of the schooner barges before 1890 were square-rigged vessels or schooners which had outlived their usefulness as such and were dismantled and converted into barges. Shortly before 1890, and to a considerable extent since, such schooner barges have been specially constructed, some of them with steel hulls. The practice of cutting down square-rigged vessels and schooners into barges still continues.”…" – "Transportation by Water," United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 10. [show more] | |||||
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| 15215 | Hattie J. Allen - Schooner |
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| 15220 | Atlanta - Auxiliary Sail Steamer |
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| 15260 | Rebecca - Sailing Yacht |
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| The Rebecca is a 139' aluminum yacht built in England. She is owned by Charles Butt of San Antonio, Texas and Northeast Harbor, Maine. | 
Description: The Rebecca is a 139' aluminum yacht built in England. She is owned by Charles Butt of San Antonio, Texas and Northeast Harbor, Maine. | |||||
| 15263 | Florence - Passenger Launch |
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