New England Shipbuilding Vessels That Made History

Author : Glenn A. Knoblock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467147087
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New England Shipbuilding: Vessels That Made History written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than four hundred years, New England shipyards have contributed significantly to America's maritime and naval supremacy. This compelling story is presented through the histories of seventy ships built from the colonial era down to modern times. Well-known vessels like the Constitution, the Nautilus, the Flying Cloud and the infamous whaleship Essex are included, but so, too, are lesser-known ships, including the ill-fated Wyoming and the far-ranging voyager Union. Every type of vessel is covered--their building or voyages making nautical news, often in exciting fashion, and their exploits filled with adventure, danger, tragedy and survival. Historian and author Glenn A. Knoblock explores the construction, life and demise of these ships and details their contribution to our nation's maritime heritage.

Author : George Francis Dow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailing Ships of New England written by George Francis Dow and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lloyd Vernon Briggs
Publisher : Boston, Coburn brothers, printers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts written by Lloyd Vernon Briggs and published by Boston, Coburn brothers, printers. This book was released on 1889 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. Vernon Briggs
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528159883
Total Pages : 540 pages
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Download or read book History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts written by L. Vernon Briggs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon Its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 The name of North River is familiar to the older generations of seafaring men and especially to the older residents of Nantucket, New Bedford, Sag Harbor, Barnstable, Provincetown, Boston and the South Shore. Great Britain was a market for a large num ber of North River built vessels before the Revolution. Prior to 1800 North River was known the world over; vessels were not designated as having been built in Scituate, Marshfield, Hanover or Pembroke, but on North River. The author has unearthed the records of over one thousand and twenty-five vessels built here, and the United States Flag was carried around the world, and among other places, to the following countries for the first time at the mast heads of North River built vessels Great Brit ain, Canada, the Northwest coast, to the Black Sea and China. The largest number of vessels built on the River in a single year that the author has found the records of was thirty in 1801, and the year 1818 shows the next largest number, twenty-four. During the five years, from 1799 to 1804 inclusive, there were built here one hundred and fifteen vessels, an average of twenty-three each year. During the ten years, from 1794 to 1804 inclusive, there were one hundred and seventy-eight vessels built here, or an average of 17 each year. The largest number of vessels found bearing the same name were Betseys and Sallys, fourteen each twelve Marys, eleven Pollys, and ten Neptunes. Times looka little brighter for the shipbuilders in general now; nine or more vessels are on the stocks at Bath, Me. Currier hasjust launched a 1200-t0n four-masted schooner at Newburyport; a similar ves sel has recently been launched at New Haven, Conn., and six or more vessels are building at East Boston. North River may yet see another vessel, and perhaps many more built upon her banks. Several of the old shipbuilders affirm that in build ing small vessels there are no obstacles but what could easily be overcome, if the men had the courage. The copied manuscript of this volume has been deposited with the New England His toric Genealogical Society, Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : John Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sailing Ships of New England, 1607-1907 written by John Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Robinson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3954274302
Total Pages : 249 pages
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Download or read book The sailing Ships of New England 1607-1907 written by John Robinson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was originally published in 1922 by the Marine Research Society and provides a detailed and interesting overview about almost all sailing ships in New England of the time.

Author : Greg H. Williams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786479450
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Liberty Ships of World War II written by Greg H. Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the Liberty ships and the Emergency Shipbuilding Program during World War II. For the first time, comprehensive information is provided about the builders, the namesakes, and the operators under one cover. Included is a list of all 2,710 Liberty ships delivered by U.S. shipyards, giving each ship's namesake and detailed descriptions of the companies that built the ships and the steamship companies that operated them during the war. This book also details the formation of two shipyards in South Portland, Maine, the Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co. and the South Portland Shipbuilding Corp. South Portland's shady operations were investigated by the U.S. Congress and resulted in the merger of both companies into the New England Shipbuilding Corporation in April 1943. Also featured is the Jeremiah O'Brien. Built by New England Ship in 1943 and one of only two operational Liberty ships left in the world, its service history and crew information are given along with its postwar restoration and return to Normandy in 1994.

Author : Nathan Lipfert
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 1608936821
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Centuries of Maine Shipbuilding written by Nathan Lipfert and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse. Celebrating the bicentennial of Maine, historian Nathan Lipfert, in cooperation with the Maine Maritime Museum explores the rich history of Maine shipbuilding. Though concentrating primarily on shipbuilding activity in the two centuries since statehood, the book begins with pre-1820 activity, including native canoe-making (the oldest known birchbark canoe is in a Maine museum) and colonial-period shipbuilding. Covering the entire coast, this rich visual history focuses on the industry and the vessels produced, highlighting Maine’s national and international importance in shipbuilding over the past two centuries, and its continuing relevance to national security, the fisheries, yachting and harbor craft.

Author : Dana Adam Story
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781493073191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipbuilders of Essex written by Dana Adam Story and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned as the creators of New England's great fishing schooners, the shipbuilders of Essex, Massachusetts, have a 300-year history that is, as the subtitle of this impressive book attests, a chronicle of Yankee endeavor. This book documents in text, appendices, photos and other illustrations the rise of the trade from 1634 to its glory days in the final decades of the nineteenth century, and its decline in the first four decades of this century. Dana Story, author of Growing Up in a Shipyard, has a well-deserved reputation for thorough historical research and for the ease and wit of his writing. Here he brings these qualities to a book that is in large part his own family's history. His forebears settled in Essex in 1637 and began building vessels in 1813.

Author : Frederic Chapin Lane
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801867521
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships for Victory written by Frederic Chapin Lane and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.