Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Lettie G. Howard"
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Source, location, date:
Ken Brack,
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k.A. / unknown
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Lettie G. Howard |
| Ex-names: | Mystic C., Caviare |
| Registered port: | New York |
| Nation: | USA |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1893 |
| Yard: | Arthur D. Story, Essex, MA |
| Overall length: | 39.20 m |
| Length (hull): | 26.75 m |
| Breadth: | 6.40 m |
| Draught: | 3.20 m |
| Sail area: | 466 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 168 PS |
| Engine: | 2 * 84 PS Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 18 Dec 2022
- fishing schooner built at Essex, Massachusetts in 1893, operated out of Glouchester, christened after the daughter of the first owner.
- taken out of service in 1922, after rebuilding renamed the "Mystic C".
- 1966 sold to Historic Ship Associates of Gloucester and converted to a museum ship, renamed the "Caviare".
- after an active life in the fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts she was sold to the South Street Seaport Museum in 1968, used as a museum ship and tourist attraction for the next years.
- designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.
- 1991-93 complete restore to her original appearance from 1893.
- fitted out to accomodate trainees on educational cruises, certified as a sailing school vessel by the US Coast Guard since 1994.
- spent the seasons 2001-2002 sailing up the American Atlantic coast as far north as Nova Scotia and as far south as Venezuela, all with students and sail trainees aboard, in autumn and spring she sailed short trips out of New York.
- due to necessary repairs caused by rot in the keelson the boat was not open to the public in 2013.
- sailing with students of the New York Harbor School in 2014.
- 2015 participation in the Gloucester Schooner Festival.
- since 2018 she is operated by the Flagship Niagara League on Lake Erie offering sailing trips for the Erie Maritime Museum.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 345 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 165 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 112 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 390 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 193 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact