Lettie G. Howard
Lettie G. Howard sailing in New York Harbor | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Lettie G. Howard |
Namesake | Lettie G. Howard Barron |
Owner | South Street Seaport Museum |
Operator | South Street Seaport Museum Erie |
Route | Northeast United States, Great Lakes |
Builder | A.D. Story Yard, Essex, Massachusetts |
Launched | 1893 |
Acquired | 1968 |
Refit | 1993 |
Homeport | New York City, New York |
Identification |
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Status | Sea-going museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | two-masted gaff schooner |
Displacement | 102 short tons (93 t) |
Length | 125.4 ft (38.2 m) overall |
Beam | 21.1 ft (6.4 m) |
Draft | 10.6 ft (3.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 8.4 ft (2.6 m) |
Sail plan | mainsail, main topsail, foresail, staysail, jib; 5,072 square feet (471.2 m2) |
Crew | 17 POB for exposed waters, 36 POB for day sails, 20 POB overnight (Captain, Lic Mate crew varies: bosun, engineer, cook deckhand up to 7 paid crew) |
Lettie G. Howard (schooner) | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Lettie G. Howard in 1989 prior to restoration | |
Location | South Street Seaport, New York City, New York |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1893 (1893) |
Architect | Arthur D. Story |
Architectural style | Fredonia schooner |
NRHP reference No. | 84002779[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 7 September 1984[1] |
Designated NHL | 11 April 1989[2] |
Lettie G. Howard, formerly Mystic C and Caviare, is a woodenFredonia schooner built in 1893 in Essex, Massachusetts.[3] This type of craft was commonly used by American offshore fishermen, and is believed to be the last surviving example of its type. She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][4][5] She is now based at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City.
Description and history
Lettie G. Howard is a two-masted wooden-hulled fishing schooner. She is 74.6 feet (22.7 m) long, with a beam of 21 feet (6.4 m) and a hold depth of 8.4 feet (2.6 m). She has a gross tonnage of 59.74 and a net tonnage of 56.76. Her hull has a frame of oak timbers, covered in treenailed pine planking. The belowdecks area was historically divided into a forecastle third where the crew quarters were located, the main fish hold in the center, and a smaller storage area aft.[6]
The schooner was built in 1893 at a shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts by noted shipbuilder Arthur D. Story. Story was one of four co-owners of the ship, which operated on the Georges Banks until 1901, when she ran aground on a shoal near Gurnet Point, Massachusetts. In 1902, she was sold to E.E. Saunders of Pensacola, Florida, who used her to fish for red snapper off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. She was taken out of service in 1922, and rebuilt in 1923, given the name Mystic C. In 1966, she was sold to Historic Ship Associates of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who converted her into a museum ship, mistakenly named Caviare after an 1891 ship of that name.[6] That museum failed, and in 1968 she was sold to the South Street Seaport Museum and refinished. She was restored in 1991 and is currently certified by the U.S. Coast Guard as a Sailing School Vessel training and working museum ship. She currently sails along the Northeast seaboard. She underwent extensive shipyard repairs in Portland, Maine in the second half of 2013.[7]
In 2014, the schooner received two awards relating to her programming and historic restoration efforts; the Tall Ships America 2014 Sail Training Vessel of the Year Award,[8] and the New York Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award.[9]
In 2015, the vessel and crew took third place in the Gloucester Schooner Festival's Esperanto Cup. Part of the crew was made up of High school students, from the New York Harbor School, and the MAST Academy.[10]
In 2018, the schooner sailed to Lake Erie and is currently hosted by the Flagship Niagara League, offering sailing tours from Dobbins Landing in Erie, Pennsylvania.[11][12]
See also
- List of schooners
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Lettie G. Howard (Schooner)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 15, 2007. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012.
- ^ South Street Seaport Museum Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Foster, Kevin J. (August 5, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lettie G. Howard" (pdf). National Park Service.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lettie G. Howard—Accompanying photos" (pdf). National Park Service. 1988.
- ^ a b "NHL nomination for Lettie G. Howard". National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Old Salt Blog - Lettie G. Howard Returns to New York's South Street Seaport
- ^ 2014 Tall Ships America Sail Training Conference Awards
- ^ 25th Annual Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards list
- ^ 2015 Gloucester Schooner Festival Race Results
- ^ "Flagship Niagara League". www.flagshipniagara.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "LETTIE G. HOWARD". Tall Ships America. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-206, "Schooner 'Lettie G. Howard', South Street Seaport Museum, New York County, NY", 47 photos, 20 measured drawings, 1 data page, 3 photo caption pages
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