Clipper Ships Built in the United States.

Maine

Alna

D. Weymouth

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1856	King Philip	1194		Glidden & Williams	Boston

Bath

Hall, Snow & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852-10-18	Carrier Pigeon	843		Reed, Wade & Co.	Boston
1853	Undaunted	1371		W.H. Foster & Co.	Boston

M. Simpson

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1859	Maid of the Sea	661		Jacob Stanwood, et al.	New Boston

Trufant & Drummond

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Monsoon	773		George Hussey	New Bedford
1853	Emerald Isle	1736		W. & J.T. Tapscott	New York
1853-06	Flying Dragon	1127		Reed, Wade & Co.	Boston
1853-11-30	Viking	1349		George Hussey	New Bedford
1854	Windward	818		R.W. Cameron	New York
1854-05	Mary Robinson	1371		E.M. Robinson	New Bedford

Belfast

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1856	Sportsman	626		J. Pierce & Co. R.W. Cameron & Co.	Boston New York

Carter & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1856	Seaman's Bride	758		Enoch Benner, daniel Lewis, et al.	Boston

Brewer

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1858	Golden Rocket	608		Moses Giddings and E.S. Dole	Bangor, ME

Bristol

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Sparkling Sea	893		Alfred Blanchard, et al.	Boston

Brunswick

G. Skolfield

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1856	Rising Sun	1310		G. Skolfield & Co.	Brunswick, ME

Cape Elizabeth

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Warner	500		Wm. H. Merritt	New York
1853	Portland	998		N.F. Deering, et al.	Portland, ME

Alfred Butler

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Snow Squall	742		Charles R. Green	New York

C.B. Butler

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850	Black Squall	400		John Codman	New York

Thomas E. Knight

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854-02	Phoenix	1485 1458		N. Blanchard & Sons Charles Carow	New York Portland, ME

Cumberland

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Bk Grapeshot	345		Sebastian Lawrence, et al.	New London

Damariscotta

Austin & Hall

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Black Warrior	1828		William Wilson & Son	Baltimore
1853	Wild Rover	1100	1036	Alpheus Hardy & Co.	Boston

Cyrus Cotter

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Ocean Herald	1658 2136		Everett & Brown	New York

Wm. Hitchcock & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Golden Rule	1185		Frederick Nickerson, et al.	Boston
1855	Criterion	1546 1387		F. Nickerson & Co.	Boston

Metcalf & Noriss

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850	Alert	764		Crocker & Warren	New York
1852	Levanter	868		B.F. Metcalf and R.W. Trundy	New York
1852	Queen of the East	1275		Crocker & Warren	New York
1853-11-02	Flying Scud	1713		R.W. Cameron	New York
1854	Talisman	1237		Crocker & Warren	New York

Eastport

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Crystal Palace	653		E.M. Robinson, et al.	New Bedford

C.S. Husten

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850	Grey Feather	610 587		L.H. Sampson & Co.	New York

Eliot

James Arey & Sons

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Josephine	947		Jos. Andrews	Salem

Frankfort

James Arey & Sons

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853-09-03	Spitfire	1549 1520		Thomas Gray and Manning & Stanwood	Boston

Dunham & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853-11	Nonpareil	1431		Thomas Richardson & Co.	New York & Philadelphia

George Dunham & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Ocean Spray	1089		Veasie & Co.	Bangor, ME

Isaac Dunham

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852-12	Flying Yankee / Flying Arrow	1092		Manning, Stanwood & Co. and Thomas Gray	Boston

Williams & Arey

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1856	Arey	1129		Wakeman, Dimon & Co.	New York

Farmingdale

Geo. Pierce

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Miss Mag	727		Samuel C. Grant Pierce & Bacon	Farmingdale Boston

Freeport

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Quickstep	836 823		Dunham & Dimon	New York

Enos Soule

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1849	Tam O'Shanter	777		Enos Soule	Freeport

Hallowell

J. Rideout

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Dashaway	1012		Read, Page & Co.	Hallowell

Kennebunk

Bourne & Kingsbury

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Roebuck	815		Thaddeus Nichols & Thomas Curtis	Boston

Newcastle

William Hitchcock

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852-12	Flying Eagle	1094	1004	Frederick Nickerson & Co.	Boston

Metcalf & Norris

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Levanter	868		Smith & Boynton and Naylor & Co.	New York

Abner Stetson

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Western Empire	1398		Wm. Sprague, et al.	Boston

Orland

Samuel B. Keyes

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Stornaway	750		Welles & Gowan	Boston

Pembroke

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Bk Comet	536		Edward C. Bates, et al.	Boston
1852-11	Queen of the Pacific	1356		Reed, Wade & Co.	Boston
1853	Western Continent	1272		John M. Mayo & Co.	Boston

Pittston

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	White Falcon	1372		M.O. Roberts	New York

Richmond

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Strenla	714		Wm Ropes	Boston

G.H. Ferrin

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Wild Wave	1547		Benjamin Bangs	Boston

Patten & Sturdevant

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Pride of America	1826		Patten & Sturdevant, Richmond
1854	Peerless	633		E.E. Davidson	Boston

Thomas J. Southard

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853-09-05	Gauntlet	1854		Stephenson & Thurston	New York
1854	Wizard King	1398		Thomas J. Southard	Richmond, ME

Robbinston

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Juniper	514		Aymar & Co.	New York

J.M. Balkesn

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Bk Francis Palmer	302		Kesing & Brown	San Francisco

James W. Cox

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853-12-01	Red Gauntlet	1038		F. Boyd & Co.	Boston
1855	Dictator	1293		Samuel Train	Medford

Rose

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Virginia	959		George W. Hunter	Boston

Rockland

Abbott, Kimball & Co.

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Yankee Ranger	707		Abbott, Kimball & Co. / T.B. Wales & Co., Nathaniel Emmons, et al.	New York / Boston

Horace Merriam

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Live Yankee	1637		George W. Brown et al.	New York
1854	Euterpe	1985	1509	Foster & Nickerson	New York

F.W. Rhoades

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Anglo Saxon	868		Henry A. Kelley, Robt. B. Coleman, et al./ E.M. Robertson	New York
1853	Progressive	1119

T.W. Rhoades

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1855-02-02	Young Mechanic	1375		William McLoon	Rockland

George Thomas

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Bk Springbok	1900		Seacomb & Taylor	Boston
1852-03-08	Defiance	1690		William T. Dugan
1852-10-15	Rattler	1121	909	William Whitlock Jr	New York
1853-11-02	Red Jacket	2305		Seacomb & Taylor	Boston

Thomaston

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Empire	1272		Foster & Nickerson	New York

Chapman & Flint

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Oracle	1196			New York

J.C.C. Morton

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Golden Racer	837			Boston

J. & C. Morton

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Ocean Chief	1228		James Baines & Co.	Liverpool

Hon. Joshua Patterson

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Crest of the Wave	942		M.R. Ludwig	Baltimore

Trescott

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1851	Kate Hayes	700		Stephen W. Dana et al.	Boston
1852	Sea Lark	974		Samuel G. Reed and E. Mott Robinson	Boston and New Bedford

Waldoboro

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Spark of the Ocean	895		Alfred Blanchard, Wm. H. Greely, et al.	Boston

Edwin Achorn

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852-10-28	Wings of the Morning	915	770	Talbot & Olyphant John Bulfinch and H.A. Lovell	New York

Achorn & Gleason

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Woodcock	1091		Dunham & Dimon	New York

Warren

Burgess & Clark

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1855	Stephen Crowell	936		Snow & Burgess	New York

Wiscasset

Clark & Wood

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Golden Horn	1193		H. Clark	Wiscasset

Maryland

Baltimore

Builder unknown

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1847/48	Architect	520		Gray
1848	Grey Hound	538		D. Stewart	Baltimore
1851	Eliza F. Mason	582			Philadelphia
1851	Union	1012	853	S. Lurman & Co.	Baltimore
1852	Kate Napier	700		Adam Gray	Baltimore
1852	Lady Suffolk	530
1852	Rattler	539
1855	Helen Mar	511		George Logan	New York

James Abraham

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Flora Temple	1915		Abraham & Ashcroft	Baltimore
1855	Carrier Dove	1694		Montell & Co.	Baltimore
1855	Cherubim	1796		David Currie et al.	Richmond, VA

Abraham & Ashcroft

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1854	Canvasback	731		Oelrich & Lurman	Baltimore

R. & E. Bell

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850-09-07	Seaman	546		Thomas Handy	New York
1851-06-25	Seaman's Bride	668		Thomas Handy	New York

Cooper & Butler

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1858	Sirius/i>	851			Bremen

Cooper & Slicer

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853	Spirit of the Times	1206	928	Aymar & Co.	New York

Foster & Boose

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853 1854 [?]	Pride of the Sea	1600		James Hooper & Co.	Baltimore
1853	Rover's Bride	383 376		J.D. Nason	San Francisco

J. Gardner

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850	Paladin	460			Buenos Ayres

William & George Gardner

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Sirocco	1130		Dawson/Damon & Hancock	Philadelphia
1853	Euroclydon	1410		Hancock & Dawson	Philadelphia
1854-08-23	Napier	1811		Dawson & Hancock	Philadelphia
1855	Whistling Wind	1800

Gardner & Palmer

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Atalanta	1289		Montell & Co.	Baltimore

Adams Gray

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1850	Sea Nymph	537 526

Hunt & Wagner

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1852	Kate Hooper	1488		J.A. Hooper	Baltimore
1855	Mary Whitridge	978	862	Thomas Whitridge & Co.	Baltimore

Kennard & Williamson

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1833	Ann McKim	494		Issac McKim	Baltimore

J.A. Robb

Launched	Name	OM	NM	Owner	Port
1853-01-12	Frigate Bird	567		C.H. Cummings & Co.	Philadelphia

OM:: Old measurement.
NM:: New measurement.

References:

Clipper Ships, general references.

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