Five-masted schooners

According to David R. McGregor the first five-masted schooner built on the American East Coast was the Governor Ames of 1888 together with the Louis, which was converted from a steamer. The first true five-masted schooner built on the West Coast was the Inca built at Port Blakely in 1896.

1881 David Dows, Toledo, OH.
1888 Governor Ames, 1778 tons, Waldoboro, ME.
1888 Louis, 831 tons, John Kruse, North Bend, OR.
1896 Inca, 1914 tons, Hall Borthers, Port Blakely, WA.
1898 Jenny R. Dubois
1898 Nathaniel T. Palmer, Nath. T. Palmer, Bath, ME.
1899 Henry O. Barrett, 1807 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1899 M.D. Cressy, 2114 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1900 Helen W. Martin, 2265 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1900 Louise B. Crary, 2231 tons, N.E. Co., New, Bath, ME.
1900 Mary W. Bowen, 2153 tons, N.E. Co., Bath, ME.
1900 Wm. C. Carnegie, 2663 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1901 Baker Palmer (1901)
1901 Martha P. Small, 2178 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1901 Mary F. Barrett, 1833 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1901 Oakley C. Curtis, 2374 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1901 Rebecca Palmer
1901 W.H. Marston, 1169 tons, W.F. Stone & Son, San Francisco, CA.
1902 Cora F. Cressy, 2499 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1902 Jane Palmer (1902/1904), American.
1902? Jennie R. du Bois, West Mystic, CT.
1902 H.K. Hall, 1237 tons, Hall Brothers, Port Blakely, WA.
1902 Prescott Palmer, 2811 tons, N.E. Co., Bath, ME.
1903 Elizabeth Palmer, 3065 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1903 Gardiner G. Deering, 1982 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1903 George E. Billings, 1260 tons, Hall Brothers, Port Blakley, WA.
1903 Kineo, 2128 tons, steel, Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME.
1903 S.O.Co. No. 94, 4167 tons steel tank barge, Shooters Island, New York.
1903 S.O.Co. No. 95, 4167 tons steel tank barge, Shooters Island, New York.
1904 Crescent, 1443 tons, Bendixsen S.B. Co., Fairhaven, Humboldt Bay, CA.
1904 George W. Elzey
1904 Grace A. Martin, 3129 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1904 Jane Palmer, East Boston, MA.
1904 John Forsyth, 2198 tons, New London, CT.
1904 Magnus Manson, 1751 tons, N.E. Co., Bath, ME.
1905 Davis Palmer, 2965 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1905 Dorothy B. Barrett, 2088 tons, G.G Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1907 Elvira Ball, 869 tons, Mystic, CT.
1907 Fannie Palmer, 2233 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1907 Gov. Brooks, 2628 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1908 Fuller Palmer, 3060 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1913 Courtney C. Houck, 1627 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1916 Columbia River, 1200 tons, Aberdeen Shipbuilding Co., Aberdeen, WA.
1916 Jerome Jones, 1891 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1917 Asta, Noank, CT, → Robert L. Linton.
1917 Betsy Ross, 1630 tons, The Seaborn Shipyards Co., Tacoma, WA.
1917 Diria, 1491 tons, Columbia Engineering Works, Portland, OR.
1917 Dunham Wheeler, 1926 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1917 Geraldine Wolvin, 1474 tons, Wallace Shipyards Ltd, North Vancouver, BC.
1917 Janet Carruthers, 1466 tons, Wallace Shipyards Ltd, North Vancouver, BC.
1917 Levi W. Ostrander, 1638 tons, The Seaborn Shipyards Co., Tacoma, WA.
1917 Mabel Brown, 1474 tons, Wallace Shipyards Ltd, North Vancouver, BC.
1917 Margaret Hanley, 1474 tons, Wallace Shipyards Ltd, North Vancouver, BC.
1917 Virginia Pendleton, 1965 tons, Noank. CT.
1918 Edward B. Winslow
1918 Joseph S. Zeman, 1956 tons, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1918 Rose Mahoney, 2051 tons, Benicia Corporation, Benicia, CA.
1918 St. Johns, N.F., 2046 tons, → Edward B. Winslow, Percy & Small, Bath, ME.
1918 Thistle, 1587 tons, St Helens Shipbuilding Co. (Chas. R. McCormick), St Helens, OR.
1919 Bianca, 2139 tons, The Elliot Bay Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, WA.
1919 Cabo da Roca, 1184 tons, Cabodello, Portugal.
1919 Carroll A. Deering, 2114 tons, G.G. Deering Co., Bath, ME.
1919 Dundee (1882), 2063 tons, Dundee, Scotland, ex four-masted barque.
1919 Dykes, 2072 tons bauxite barge, Baltimore, MD.
1919 H.W. Brown
1920 Ecola, Portland, OR.
1920 Edna Hoyt, 1512 tons, Thomaston. Picture lying off Cardiff.
1920 Elinor H., 1569 tons, Martinolich Yard, Dockton, WA.
1920 K.V. Kruse, 1728 tons, Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR.
1920 Mary H. Diebold, 1516 tons, Newcastle.
1920 Sintran, 2257 tons, South Freeport.
1920 Vigilant, 1603 tons, G.F. Matthews Shipbuilding Co., Hoquiam, WA. → City of Alberni → Condor.
1921 Undaunted, 2266 tons, G.F. Matthews Shipbuilding Co., Hoquiam, WA.
1921 Vasco da Gama, 1277 tons, Figuera da Foz, Portugal.
1922 Perseveranza, 2452 tons, concrete, Lavagna, Italy.

No date: Washington B. Thomas.

Updated 1996-10-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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