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Smith And Dimon Shipyard
Smith and Dimon Shipyard or just Smith & Dimon was a renowned shipyard on the east side of Manhattan during the 1840s. History The shipyard was located along the East River between 4th and 5th Street. It was founded by partners Stephen Smith (1794–1875) and John Dimon (1795–1879). Dimon was in charge of the more profitable ship repair business and described the partnership saying, "Smith builds the ships, I make the money." John W. Griffiths was a famed naval architect who designed revolutionary, fast clipper ships for Smith & Dimon. The shipyard became famous for its work in the 1840s under the name Smith & Dimon. It was formerly Blossom, Smith and Dimon in the 1820s and then Smith, Dimon and Comstock in the 1830s. In addition to clipper ships, the shipyard also built steamships, including the 1848 steamship ''Oregon''. James Pringle painted the shipyard in 1833. The painting is on display at the Fenimore Art Museum. Ships built at Smith & Dimon *'' Liberator'', 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial construction. The terms are routinely used interchangeably, in part because the evolution of dockyards and shipyards has often caused them to change or merge roles. Countries with large shipbuilding industries include Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. The shipbuilding industry is more fragmented in Europe than in Asia where countries tend to have fewer, larger companies. Many naval vessels ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Companies Based In New York City
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American Shipbuilders
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SS Fulton (1855)
The ''Fulton'' was a wooden hulled, brig-rigged, sidewheel steamer built in 1855 by the Smith and Dimon Shipyard at New York City for the New York & Havre Steam Navigation Company. She was chartered by the Union Army in the Army Transport Service, during the American Civil War. She returned to transatlantic passenger and freight service after the Civil War. Construction The ''Fulton'' was built in 1855, by Smith and Dimon Shipyard of New York. She was launched on September 4, 1855. Her sister ship ''Arago'' was built by Westervelt & Sons. They were both constructed in 1855 for the New York & Havre Steam Navigation Company, then under contract with the United States Government to deliver mail between New York and Le Havre, France. Both were named for steamship pioneers. ''Fultons namesake was Robert Fulton (1765–1815), an American engineer and inventor. Both were considered great improvements to their predecessors of the era. Their design included oscillating engines, water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Arago (1855)
The ''Arago'' was a wooden hulled, brig-rigged, sidewheel steamer built in 1855 by Jacob Aaron Westervelt, Westervelt & Sons at New York, New York. Chartered by the Union Army in the Army Transport Service, during the American Civil War for use as a troop transport and in operation with the Union blockade, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron throughout the war, ''Arago'' was the ship that returned the United States Fort Sumter Flag, flag to Fort Sumter in April 1865. Returned to transatlantic passenger and freight service after the Civil War, she was sold to the Peruvian government in 1869. Construction The ''Arago'', built by Westervelt and Sons, and her sister ship SS SS Fulton (1855), ''Fulton'' launched 4 September 1855, built by Smith and Dimon Shipyard, Smith and Dimon of New York, were constructed in 1855 for the New York & Havre Steam Navigation Company, then under contract with the United States Government to deliver mail between New York and Havre. Both named for steams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memnon (clipper)
The ''Memnon'' was the first clipper ship to arrive in San Francisco after the Gold Rush, and the only clipper to arrive in San Francisco before 1850. Built in 1848, she made record passages to San Francisco and to China, and sailed in the first clipper race around Cape Horn. Record passage to San Francisco "The only clipper ship to make the voyage to San Francisco prior to 1850 was the ''Memnon'', under Captain George Gordon, which arrived there July 28, 1849 after a record passage of one hundred and twenty days from New York." Cutler lists this passage as 122 days, leaving New York April 11, 1849 under Capt. J.R. Gordon, and arriving in San Francisco on August 28, 1849. "Era of the Clipper Ships" lists the captain's name as Joseph R. Gordon, and puts the voyage at 123 days, noting a mutiny en route: "Gordon had it in his mind to set the record with this voyage around the Horn and was driving his new crew hard, and soon had a mutiny with "all hands refusing duty." Belay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Witch (clipper)
''Sea Witch'' was an American clipper ship designed by naval architect John W. Griffiths for the China trading firm of Howland & Aspinwall. She was launched at Smith and Dimon Shipyard, Smith & Dimon in Manhattan on December 8, 1846. Model for American clipper ship design "In 1845, John W. Griffiths, John Willis Griffiths built the fast ship ''Rainbow (clipper), Rainbow'' and followed it in the next year with the even faster ''Sea Witch''. Both vessels would have tremendous impact on merchant hull design.Somerville, Col. Duncan S. ''The Aspinwall Empire,'' pp. 22-23, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, Connecticut, 1983. . ''Sea Witch'', in fact, had more influence on the configuration of fast vessels than any other ship built in the United States. Vessels built in general accordance with the ''Sea Witch'' model were known as clippers, a term already well entrenched in the language of fast vessels." Construction ''Sea Witch'' was 192 feet in length, had a 43-foot beam, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Clipper
An extreme clipper was a clipper designed to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed. They had a bow lengthened above the water, a drawing out and sharpening of the forward body, and the greatest breadth further aft. In the United States, extreme clippers were built in the period 1845 to 1855. British-built extreme clippers include vessels built over the period 1854 to 1870 (''Annandale'' to e.g. '' Norman Court''). The first extreme clipper Arthur H. Clark, in his 1910 book ''The Clipper Ship Era'', explains the history leading up to the construction of the first extreme clipper: Medium and extreme clippers From 1851 or earlier another type of clipper ship was also being built, the medium clipper. In the mid-1800s, shipbuilders in Medford, Massachusetts began building what would become the medium clipper ship. They "quietly evolved a new type (of ship) of about 450 tons burden which, handled by eighteen officers and men, would carry half as much freight as a British-Indianman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow (clipper)
''Rainbow'', launched in New York in 1845 to sail in the China trade for the firm Howland & Aspinwall, was a clipper, a type of sailing vessel designed to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed. An early clipper ship ''Rainbow'' was an early clipper ship. It was built in 1845, in accordance with John W. Griffiths' ideas, and followed by ''Sea Witch'' the next year. Both of the vessels are cited as being highly influential in subsequent U.S. merchant hull design. Though initial opinions were that ''Rainbow'' would sink during its first trip, its subsequent success led to a rush to adopt the new design in shipbuilding across Boston, New York, Philadelphia and British manufacturing companies. Its design was created around the concept of sacrificing cargo capacity in favour of speed. As per Griffiths' ideas, it featured a lengthening of the bow above water, a drawing out and sharpening of the forward body, and the greatest breadth further aft (further aft than earlier designs, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packet Boat
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. When such ships were put into use in the 18th century on the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and its colonies, the services were called the packet trade. Steam driven packets were used extensively in the United States in the 19th century on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, supplying and bringing personnel to forts and trading posts. History Packet craft were used extensively in European coastal mail services since the 17th century, and gradually added cramped passenger accommodation. Passenger accommodations were minimal: transportation, "firing" (i.e. a place to cook), drinking water (often tasting of indigo or tobacco, which the water casks had previously held), and a place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Hudson (1826)
The first USS ''Hudson'' was a wooden hulled, three-masted sailing frigate in the United States Navy. ''Hudson'', formerly ''Liberator'', was built in 1826 for the Greek government by Smith & Dimon of New York. When Greece was unable to pay for her, she was purchased by the Navy and commissioned at New York. In 1828, ''Hudson'' began fitting out for what was to be her only cruise, and during this period was inspected by President John Quincy Adams and his entourage. The frigate sailed from New York on 28 September 1828 to serve as Commodore John Orde Creigton's flagship in the Brazil Squadron. In company with , she touched at New London, Connecticut for supplies and ammunition before turning south to reach Rio de Janeiro on 29 November to help eradicate the insidious traffic in slaves along those shores. From there ''Hudson'' conducted several patrols along the South American coast, stopping and boarding for inspection American as well as foreign ships. She also served as a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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