Clipper Ships Built in the United States.

East Boston and South Boston are both sorted under the letter B after Boston.

Massachusetts

Amesbury

Builder unkown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Bk Wildfire 338 Peter A. Hargous New York

Boston

Paul Curtis

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-07-02 Golden Fleece 968 Weld & Baker Boston

W.N. Goddard

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1851-12 Rocket 400 W.N. Goddard Boston

Samuel Hall, Jr.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1855-11 Quickstep 530
523 		Samuel Hall /
Daniel C. Bacon, et al. 		Boston

Simeon McKay

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1853-04 Wildfire 350 A.L. Payson Boston

East Boston

E. & H.O. Briggs

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851-03-19 Southern Cross 938 Baker & Morrill Boston
1854 Bk Cossack 586 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1854-10 Saracen 1266 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1855 Vitula 1187 Williams & Daland Boston

Andrew Burnham

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854-04-15 Northern Eagle 645 J. & A.M. Tirrell & William Dillaway Boston

Paul Curtis

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-11-16 Golden West 1441 Glidden & Williams Boston
1853-01-24 Radiant 1318 Baker & Morrill Boston
1853-03-28 Cleopatra 1562 Benjamin Bangs Boston
1853-09-03 Reporter 1474 David Snow et al. Boston
1854 John Elliot Thayer 1918 Enoch Train & Co. Boston
1855-11-20 Golden Fleece 1535 1475 Weld & Baker Boston
1856 Empress 1293 H. Harbeck & Co. New York
1856 Mary Bangs 958 W.H. Bangs & Co. Boston
1857 Belvidere 1322 Richard Baker, Jr., William F. Weld, et al. Boston
1856 Fortuna 659 Israel Lombard & Co. Boston

Ewell & Jackson

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1850-12-09 John Bertram 1080 778 Glidden & Williams Boston

Samuel Hall

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1849 Lantao 593 D.N. Spooner Boston
1850-06 Bk Racehorse 514/
530 		J.M. Forbes Boston
1850-10-05 Surprise 1261 1006 A.A. Low & Brother New York
1850-12-21 Game Cock 1392 1119 Daniel C. Bacon Boston
1851-03-20 Mermaid 540
533 		Edward Gassett/Gasell, Hall & May Boston
1851-07-31 R.B. Forbes 756 J.S. Coolidge & Co. Boston
1851-11 Sea Bird 325 Lombard & Co. Boston
1851-12 Hoogly 1264
1304 		Daniel C. Bacon & Son Boston
1852 John Gilpin 1089 Pierce & Hunnewell Boston
1852-07-02 Polynesia 1084 Pierce & Hunnewell Boston
1852-11-11 Flying Childers 1125 J.M. Forbes and Cunningham Brothers Boston
1853 Amphitrite 1687 Boston
1853 Wizard 1601 Slade & Co. New York
1853-01-11 Mystery 1155 1074 Crocker & Sturgis and D.G.[C?] & W.B. Bacon Boston
1856-02-23 Florence 1045 896 J.M. & R.B. Forbes Boston

Wm. Hall

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Fatherland 1180 M. Green London

Jackson & Ewell

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-08 Lightfoot 1995 Seccomb & Taylor
Howes & Co. 		Boston

Robert E. Jackson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-11 Winged Racer 1767 Seccomb & Taylor Boston
1853-03-26 Queen of Clippers 2361 Seccomb & Taylor Boston
1853-12-19 Challenger 1334 W. & F.H. Whittemore Boston
1854 King Lear 1936 Seccomb & Taylor Boston
1854-04-04 Swallow 1435 1239 Dugan & Leland and Seccomb & Taylor New York and Boston
1854-08-28 Blue Jacket 1790 1403 Seccomb & Taylor Boston
1855 Harry of the West 1050 Calvin Adams New York
1856 Endeavor 1137 960 Cunningham Brothers Boston
1856 Norseman 812 Cunningham Bros. & Co. Boston
1857 Bk Gemsbok 622 E.I. Cleveland, et al. Boston

Daniel D. Kelly

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1853-10-05 Edwin Forrest 1141 Crosby, Crocker & Co. New York
1854 Bostonian 1100 Henry D. Brookman, et al. Boston

Donald McKay

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1849 Reindeer 806 George B. Upton, R.B. Forbes and Sampson & Tappan Boston
1850-06 Sultana 434 Edw. Lamb & Bros Boston
1850-12-07 Stag Hound 1534 George B. Upton and Sampson & Tappan Boston
1851-04-15 Flying Cloud 1782 Enoch Train Boston
1851-09 Flying Fish 1505 Sampson & Tappan Boston
1851-09-17 Staffordshire 1817 Enoch Train Boston
1852-06-19 Enoch Train Enoch Train Boston
1852-06-19 Sovereign of the Seas 2421 Andrew F. Meinke New York
1852-09-24 Westward Ho 1650 Sampson & Tappan Boston
1852-11 Bald Eagle 1705 George B. Upton Boston
1853 Star of Empire 2050 Enoch Train & Co. Boston
1853-01-14 Empress of the Seas 2197 William Wilson & Son Baltimore
1853-04 Chariot of Fame 2050 Enoch Train Boston
1853-10-04 Great Republic 4555 Donald McKay Boston
1853-10-23 Romance of the Seas 1782 George B. Upton Boston
1854-01-03 Lightning 2083 James Baines & Co. Liverpool
1854-04-19 Champion of the Seas 2448 James Baines & Co. Liverpool
1854-09-05 Santa Claus 1255 Wm. A. Harris /
Jos. Nickerson & Co. 		Boston
1854-07-25 James Baines 2515 James Baines & Co. Liverpool
1855 Abbot Lawrence 1498 Geo. B. Upton, John M. Forbes, et al. Boston
1855 Defender 1413 Kendall & Plimton Boston
1855-01 Donald McKay 2598 2614 James Baines & Co. Liverpool
1856 Mastiff 1034 George B. Upton Boston
1857-03-22
1856 		Minnehaha 1698 R.W. Cameron & Co. New York
1869-10-21 Glory of the Seas 2103 Donald McKay Boston

Hugh Robert McKay

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1854 Ganges 1254 W.S. Bullard Boston
1854-11 Indiaman 1165 Sampson & Tappan Boston

Jarvis Pratt

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Lady Franklin 475
464 		Wm. Ropes Boston

A. & G.T. Sampson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-07-20 Fearless 1183
1100 		909 William F. Weld & Co. Boston
1854 Fanny McHenry 1237 G. McHenry & Co. Philadelphia

South Boston

E. & H.O. Briggs

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851-09-25 Northern Light 1021 James Huckins
1852-10-27 Meteor 1067 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1852 Winged Arrow 1052 933 Baker & Morrill Boston
1853-01-08 Golden Light 1140 James Huckins & Sons Boston
1853-03-26 John Land 1054 Baker & Morrill Boston
1853-05-12 Bonita 1127 James Huckins Boston
1853-08-18 Cyclone 1109 840 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1854 Boston Light 1154 James Huckins & Sons Boston
1854 Grace Darling 1197 1042 Charles B. Fessenden Boston
1854-02-11 Starlight 1153 Baker & Morrill Boston
1855 Mameluke 1303 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1855-10-12 Fair Wind 1299 Henry S. Hallet & Co. Boston
1856 Asa Eldridge 1324 1296 Henry S. Hallet Boston
1856 Joseph Peabody 1198 Curtis & Peabody Boston
1856-03-18 Alarm 1184 Baker & Morrill Boston
1858 Memnon 789 E. & H.O. Briggs, Henry S. Hallet, Oliver Eldridge, et al. Boston

Jotham Stetson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Celestial Empire 1630
1395 		C.H. Parsons & Co. New York
1854-09 Bounding Billow 360 Lombard, Conant, et al. Boston

Charlestown

Joshua Magoun

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-12-13 Mountain Wave 634 Alpheus Hardy & Co. Boston
1853-08-15 Ocean Pearl 847 Alpheus Hardy & Joshua Sears Boston
1853 Waverley 749 Thomas Curtis, Thaddeus Nichols et al. Boston
1854-03-16 Galatea 1041 939 W.F. Weld & Co. Boston
1856-04 Expounder 1176 Paul Sears Boston

Chelsea

Paul Curtis

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850-12-21 Witchcraft 1310 Richard S. Rogers and William D. Pickman Salem

Rice & Mitchell

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856-03-01 Orpheus 1272 1067 W.F. Weld & Co. Boston

Jotham Stetson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Young Brander 1467 Brander, Williams & Co. Boston
1854 Bk Bounding Billow 354 Ephraim Lombard, Josiah F. Conant, et al. Boston
1854 Neptune's Favorite 1347 H.A. Kelly & Co. Boston
1854-06-28 Asterion 1135 David Snow et al. Boston
1855 Beacon Light 1376 Jotham Stetson Chelsea
1855 Harry Bluff 1244 Charles S.[R?] Green New York

Issac Taylor

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-06-30 Matchless 1053
1034 		Nathaniel & Benjamin Goddard Boston

John Taylor

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Lotus 660 Dabney & Cunningham Boston
1852-08-26 Malay 868 821 Silsbee, Stone & Pickman Salem
1853 Storm King 1288
1400 		Snow & Rich
Dana, Dana & Co. 		Boston
1853-11-05 Aurora 1396 Stone, Pickman, Silsbee & Allen Salem
1854-01-21 Nabob 1246 William Appleton & Co.
1855 Derby 1062 1094 1085 Pickman, Silsbee et al. Salem

East Dennis

Shiverick Brothers

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-04-05 Hippogriffe 678
671 		Christopher Hall, Prince S. Crowell, et al. East Dennis
1853-03-25 Belle of the West 936 Christopher Hall, Glidden & Williams Boston
1854 Kit Carson 1016
997 		Prince S. Crowell East Dennis
1855-11-22 Wild Hunter 1081 999 Bush & Wildes Boston
1856 Webfoot 1091 1061 Prince S. Crowell East Dennis

Fairhaven

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1855 John Milton 1444 G. Hussey et al. New Bedford

Reuben Fiske [Fish] & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Sea Nymph 1215 Edward Mott Robinson New Bedford

Kingston

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Bk White Wing 293 Thos. & John Dallet, et al. Philadelphia

Marblehead

Benjamin Dutton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854-12-06 Mary 1148 Edward Kimball Salem/
Marblehead

Edward Dutton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Elizabeth Kimball 998 Edward Kimball Salem

Ewall & Dutton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1857 Belle of the Sea 1255 T.B. Waters & Co. Boston

Medford

James O. Curtis

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851-02-08 Shooting Star 903 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1851-05 Telegraph 1078
1069 		P. & S. Sprauge & Co. Boston
1851-11 Antelope 587
507 		William Lincoln & Co. Boston
1852-07-03 Onward 874 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1852-09-13 Whirlwind 960 W. & F.H. Whittemore Boston
1852-12-09 Star of the Union 1057 797 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1853 George Peabody 1397 Wm.F. Weld & Co. Boston
1853-02 Competitor 871 690 Wm.F. Weld & Co. Boston
1853-04-07 Wild Ranger 1044 930 Seares and Thatcher Cape Cod
1853-10-04 Eagle Wing 1174 Chase & Tappan Boston
1854-07-10 Ocean Express 1697 1483 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1854-03-29 Ocean Telegraph 1495 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1855 Good Hope 1295 R.L. Taylor New York
1856-04 Silver Star 1195 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1856-09-13 Flying Mist 1183 Theodore & George B. Chase Boston
1856-11 Young Turk 350 Alpheus Hardy & Co. Boston
1857 Bk Wild Gazelle 490 Joshua W. Davis, Alpheus Hardy, et al. Boston
1858 Industry 1106 Theo. Chase Boston

Paul Curtis

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Bk Kremlin 504 J.S. Emery & Co. Boston
1851 Courser 1024 Richardson & Co. Boston
1852-04-19 Beverly 676 Israel Whitney and William Perkins Boston
1852-09-18 Queen of the Seas 1356 Glidden & Williams Boston
1854 Panther 1278 1185 R.C. Mackay & Sons Boston

Benjamin F. Delano

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-12 Dauntless 791 W.N. Goddard Boston

Joshua T. Foster

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 National Eagle 1095 Fisher & Co. Boston
1852-04 Ellen Foster 996 J. & A. Tirrell Boston
1853 Morning Star 1105 T.B. Wales & Co. Boston
1853-03 West Wind 1071 J. & A. Tirrell Boston
1856 Hesperus 1019 Thomas B. Wales & Co. Boston
1858 Templar 946 Thomas B. Wales & Co. Boston

Hayden & Cudworth

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Bk Geo. E. Webster 354 Reuben S. Wade, Samuel G. Reed, et al. Boston
1851 John Wade 638 Reed & Wade Boston
1852 Alexander 596 J.A. Baxter & Co. Boston
1852-08 Gem of the Ocean 702 629 William Lincoln Boston
1852-11-09 Golden Eagle 1121 William Lincoln & Co. Boston
1853 Climax 1051 Howes & Crowell Boston
1853 Director 850 Howes, Crowell & Co. Boston
1853 Edith Rose 510 Yates & Porterfield New York
1853 Ringleader 1153 Howes & Crowell Boston
1853-03-26 White Swallow 1192 985 William Lincoln & Co. Boston
1853-08-18 Kingfisher 1286 999 William Lincoln & Co. Boston
1853-12 Herald of the Morning 1294 1108 Magoun & Sons Boston
1854 Fleetwing 896 829 Crowell, Brooks & Co. Boston
1854 Rambler 1119 Baxter Bros Yarmouth, MA
1854 Robin Hood 1181 981 Howes & Crowell Boston
1854-06 Lamplighter 365 Lombard & Co. Boston
1854-07-27 Osborne Howes 1100 Howes & Crowell Boston
1855 Goddess 1126 Baxter Bros Boston
1855 Rival 983 Howes & Crowell Boston
1855-11-17 Electric Spark 1216 1204 T. Magoun & Sons Boston
1856 Thatcher Magoun 1248 1155 T. Magoun & Sons Boston

Samuel Lapham

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1849 Argonaut 575 John Ellerton Lodge Boston
1852-12-08 Phantom 1174 Crocker & Warren and Crocker & Sturgis New York and Boston
1853-09 Don Quixote 1429 John Ellerton Lodge Boston
1854-04 Nor'wester 1297
1267 		1134 J.T Coolidge & Co. Boston
1855-08-05 Sancho Panza 876 736 John Ellerton Lodge Boston

Jotham Stetson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1848 Living Age 727 Edward D. Peters & Co. Boston
1851-08-09 Coringa - 777 N.B. Goddard & Co. Boston

John Taylor

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851-05-01 Syren 1064 876 Silsbee, Pickman et al., Salem

Newburyport

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Bk Falcon 509 John E. Lodge Boston
1854 Bk Driver 1594 David Ogden, et al. New York

J. Currier

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Guiding Star 900 Charles Hill & Co.
Moses Davenport, et al. 		Newburyport

N. Currier, Jr.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1858 Star of Peace 941 Charles Hill & Co. and M. Davenport Boston

Currier & Townsend

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1848 Raduga 587 H. Prince et al. Boston
1850 Bk Dragon 290 Williams & Daland Boston
1851-02-08 Racer 1669 Red Cross Line (E.E. Morgan, D.G. Ogden et al.) New York
1853-01-13 Highflyer 1195 D.G. Ogden et al. New York
1853-10-06 Dreadnought 1413 1227 E.D Morgan, F.B. Cutting, David Ogden, et al. New York
1854 Eloisa 725 Valparaiso
1854 Troubadour 1200 Fisher & Co. Boston
1855 Brewster 984 W. Clark et al. Boston
1855 Courier 554 Foster. Elliot & Co. New York
1856 East Indian 897 Stephen Tilton & Co. Boston
1857 Victory 1314 David Ogden, et al. New York

Benjamin Dutton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Victory 670 Benjamin A. Gould et al. Boston

George W. Jackman

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Hussar 721 Bush & Wildes Boston
1853-06-15 Whistler 820 Bush & Wildes Boston
1854 Starr King 1171 Baker & Morrill and Bates & Thaxter Boston
1854-10-28 Charmer 1055 1024 Bush & Wildes Boston
1855-01-03 War Hawk 1067 1015 Bush & Comstock et al. Boston
1855-10-08 Daring 1094 Bush & Comstock Boston
1856 Reynard 1029
1051 		Bush & Comstock Boston
1856-04-06 Black Prince 1061 Bush & Wildes Boston

Quincy

Emery Sawyer

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1857 Richard Bustead 662 Jacob Stanwood Boston

George Thomas

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 King Philip 1486 Patrick Grant & William B. Reynolds Boston
1856 Logan 1541 William Whitlock, Jr. New York

Somerset

James M. Hood

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Rosario 499 Amos & Mulford Howes New York
1851 Rip Van Winkle 1095 Eagle & Hazard New York
1851-07-01 Raven 711 630 Crocker & Warren New York
1851-11-22 Governor Morton 1429 1303 Handy & Everett New York
1852 Bk Pathfinder 373 Ogden & Haynes San Francisco
1852-12-29 Archer 1095 905 Crocker & Warren New York
1853-03-26 Mischief 561 W.H. Merrill & Capt. Martin Townsend New York
1853-08-04 Skylark 1209 Crocker & Warren New York

Swansea

Mason Barney

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Sparkling Wave 655 Eben H. Balch Boston
OM:
Old measurement.
NM:
New measurement.

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