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Wawona (I)

Wawona (I)
Foto: US National Archives

Historia

This schooner, three-masted was built in 1897 by Bendixsen Shipbuilding Co. in Fairhaven, CA.

Notas históricas

Her final commercial voyage was in 1947. This vessel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1897-1914 she was owned by Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company, Eureka CA USA.

In 1914-1935 she was owned by Robinson Fisheries Co. (J.E. Traftor, mgr.), San Francisco CA USA. During the Second World War she was operated by the United States Army.

In 1953-1964 she was owned by William P. Studdert, MT USA.

In 1964 she was owned by “Save Our Ships,” forerunner to the Northwest Seaport, Inc. which currently (in 2024) owns and operates the vessel.

Capitanes

Captain C. Foss (1926-1927);

Referencias

  • archive.org ↗
  • Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910)
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States (1965)
  • cgmix.uscg.mil ↗ (website viewed 16/11/2022)
  • www.loc.gov ↗ (website viewed 15/03/2024)
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