Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard Haven, Dukes County, MA
Summary
Significance: ALABAMA was designed by Thomas F. McManus, a noted fishing schooner and yacht designer from Boston, Massachusetts. She was built during the final throes of the age of commercial sailing vessels in the United States and is one of a handful of McManus vessels known to survive.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10
Survey number: HAER MA-64
Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1977 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1945
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
McManus, Thomas F
Pensacola Shipbuilding Company
Mobile Bay Bar Pilots Association
Douglas, Robert S
Location
dukes county, 41.45428, -70.60364
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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