Genesee

An armed wooden paddle steamer built in 1862 by the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. Dimensions 207'×35'×12' and 666 tons. Originally rigged with double topgallant sails and a main skysail. The mizzen and jigger masts were rigged with gaff sails.

1862 April 2: Launched at the shipyard of Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA, for the US Navy.
1867 October 3: Sold to Purvis & Son.
1868: Sold to Captain William H. Besse, New Bedford, MA, and was renamed Hattie C. Besse. She was converted to a sailing ship and rigged as a four-masted "jackass" barque. Employed in the passenger trade from the US West Coast to China.
1871: Wrecked 20 miles south of Tatoosh on the Washington coast, while on voyage from San Franciso to Burrards Inlet to fetch a cargo for Shanghai.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Genesee. Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, Vol. III (1968).
Alexandersson, Gustav: Två mast rå-, två mast skonar-riggad.
Båtologen Årg. 9, Viken, 1971. pp 136-139, ill.
Gibbs, S.B.: Freak Rigs. Notes on Olympic.
Sea Breezes Vol. 10, Liverpool, 1927. pp 190-191, ill
Lyman, John: The Downeaster Olympic.
Ships and Shipmodels vol. 1, London, 1931-32. pp 301-302, ill.
Lyman, John: Two Masts Square-, Two Masts Schooner-Rigged.
The American Neptune (1944), pp 237-238, 1 plate.

Updated 1998-11-23 by Lars Bruzelius

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