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''Lettie G. Howard'', formerly ''Mystic C'' and ''Caviare'', is a wooden Fredonia schooner built in 1893 in
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, USA. This type of craft was commonly used by American offshore fishermen, and is believed to be the last surviving example of its type. She was declared a
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in 1989. She is now based at the
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Description and history

''Lettie G. Howard'' is a two-masted wooden-hulled fishing schooner. She is long, with a beam of and a hold depth of . She has a gross tonnage of 59.74 and a net tonnage of 56.76. Her hull has a frame of oak timbers, covered in
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ed pine planking. The belowdecks area was historically divided into a forecastle third where the crew quarters were located, the main fish hold in the center, and a smaller storage area aft. The schooner was built in 1893 at a shipyard in
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by noted shipbuilder Arthur D. Story. Story was one of four co-owners of the ship, which operated on the Georges Banks until 1901, when she ran aground on a shoal near
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. In 1902, she was sold to E.E. Saunders of Pensacola, Florida, who used her to fish for
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off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. She was taken out of service in 1922, and rebuilt in 1923, given the name ''Mystic C''. In 1966, she was sold to Historic Ship Associates of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who converted her into a museum ship, mistakenly named ''Caviare'' after an 1891 ship of that name. That museum failed, and in 1968 she was sold to the
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and refinished. She was restored in 1991 and is currently certified by the
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as a Sailing School Vessel training and working museum ship. She currently sails along the Northeast seaboard. She underwent extensive shipyard repairs in
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in the second half of 2013. In 2014, the schooner received two awards relating to her programming and historic restoration efforts; the Tall Ships America 2014 Sail Training Vessel of the Year Award, and the
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Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award. In 2015, the vessel and crew took third place in the
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Schooner Festival's Esperanto Cup. Part of the crew was made up of High school students, from the New York Harbor School, and the MAST Academy. In 2018, the schooner sailed to
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and is currently hosted by the Flagship Niagara League, offering sailing tours from the Erie Maritime Museum in Erie, PA.


See also

*
List of schooners __TOC__ The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels. Active schooners Historical schooners * ''Schooner A.W. Greely, A. W. Greely'', originally named ''Donald II'' * ''Ada K. Damon'' * ''Albatross (1920 schooner), Albatross'' * * '' ...
* List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City *
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References


External links


Biography of Lettie G. Howard Barron
biography and burial information about the woman for whom the ''Lettie G. Howard'' was named. {{National Register of Historic Places in New York 1893 ships National Historic Landmarks in New York (state) Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan South Street Seaport Essex, Massachusetts Museum ships in New York (state)