Young America (clipper)
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The Young America was built by William H. Webb of New York. She was launched in 1853, at the height of the clipper construction boom. She sailed in the California trade, on transatlantic routes, and made voyages to Australia and the Far East.
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Young America | |
History | |
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United States | |
Owner | George B. Daniels, New York |
Builder | William H. Webb, New York |
Cost | $140,000 |
Launched | 1853 |
United States | |
Owner | Abram Bell's Sons, 1860; Robert L. Taylor, c. 1865; George Howes & Co., New York and San Francisco, c. 1870; John Rosenfeld, San Francisco, 1880 |
Austria-Hungary | |
Owner | Austman of Buccari, Austria |
Acquired | Purchased in New York for US $13,500 late in 1883.[1] |
In service | Put into the trans-Atlantic case oil trade. |
Renamed | Miroslav |
Fate | Disappeared, 1886 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Three-masted extreme clipper |
Tons burthen | 1439 tons (old measurement), 1380 (new measurement) |
Length | 243 ft. |
Beam | 43 ft. 2 in. |
Draft | 26 ft. 9 in.[2] |
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