National Register of Historic Places

SHEARWATER (schooner)

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
March 9, 2009
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000135

About this property

The Shearwater is an 81.5-foot (24.8 m) wooden schooner docked in Lower Manhattan in New York City in the U.S. state of New York. The schooner was designed by Theodore Donald Wells and built by the Rice Brothers Corporation in East Boothbay, Maine in 1929. During World War II, it was requisitioned into the United States Coast Guard to patrol for German U-boats. The Shearwater completed a circumnavigation of the world in the early-1980s and later worked as a research laboratory for the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Environmental Medicine. Docked about 200 yards (180 m) west of the site of the World Trade Center, it is operated by Manhattan by Sail, which gives 90-minute-long tours of New York Harbor, and is licensed to carry 48 passengers. The schooner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

New York, New York County, New York
40.71471, -74.01689

Categories

MARITIME HISTORY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was SHEARWATER (schooner) listed on the National Register?

SHEARWATER (schooner) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 2009.

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SHEARWATER (schooner) is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for SHEARWATER (schooner) is recorded as the industrial era.

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