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Category:Corwin (ship, 1876)

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See also category: Thomas Corwin (ship, 1876).

Ship

Type: Topsail schooner
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Built by: Oregon Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
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Length over all: 42,86 m
LPP: m
Beam: 7,32 m
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NET: 227
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Main engine: Inverted cylinder steam engine; single propeller
Speed: kn
Complement: 8 officers, 33 enlisted
Armament: 3 guns

History

1876 Named: THOMAS CORWIN for the U.S. Revenue Marine Flag: United States
17.07.1877 Commissioned in San Francisco, California, her home port during her career with the Revenue Marine. Commander Revenue Captain J. W. White.
30.07.1877 Sailed for Sitka, Alaska, to patrol in the Arctic Ocean,
1882 Participated in the controversial bombardment of the village of Angoon, Alaska, while under the command of First Lieutenant Michael Healy
09.04.1898 Transferred to the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She served in the San Diego, California area
15.08.1898 Returned to the Treasury Department.
14.02.1900 Sold to Corwin Trading Co., Pacific Coal and Transportation Co for $16,500 and used as a merchant vessel. Renamed: CORWIN Continued sailing the Bering Sea on a charter basis.
1901 Out of service
1902 In service again
1904 Upper deck added
1916 Burned in drydock

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Thomas Corwin (ship, 1876) (4 C, 7 F)

Media in category "Corwin (ship, 1876)"

The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.

Bear and Corwin June 1914.JPG 4,029 × 2,891; 5.75 MB
Corwin1907.jpg 759 × 471; 54 KB
Dogsleds from Corwin Nowell.JPG 751 × 601; 77 KB
Passengers on beach waiting for steamship CORWIN, Teller, Alaska, October 30, 1902 (NOWELL 1).jpeg 737 × 600; 71 KB
SS Corwin Nome 1914.jpg 742 × 600; 68 KB
Steamship CORWIN at edge of ice with dogsled teams, Nome, June 1, 1907 (NOWELL 163).jpeg 721 × 577; 60 KB
Steamship CORWIN at the edge of the ice with dogsled teams in foreground, Nome, 1907 (NOWELL 178).jpeg 765 × 600; 70 KB
U.S.R.C. "Bear" and S.S. "Corwin," Roadstead, Nome, Alaska LCCN2012650308.jpg 1,536 × 1,202; 274 KB
U.S.R.C. "Bear" and S.S. "Corwin," Roadstead, Nome, Alaska LCCN2012650308.tif 1,536 × 1,202; 1.76 MB
U.S.R.C. "Bear" and S.S. "Corwin," Roadstead, Nome, Alaska LCCN2012650309.jpg 1,349 × 1,536; 295 KB
U.S.R.C. "Bear" and S.S. "Corwin," Roadstead, Nome, Alaska LCCN2012650309.tif 1,349 × 1,536; 1.98 MB
View from aboard the Steamship Steamer CORWIN off of Nome showing dogsled teams on ice hauling freight from ship, 1907 (NOWELL 153).jpeg 749 × 600; 72 KB
Yupik people on beach at Whalen, Siberia, with Steamship CORWIN in distance, 1907 (NOWELL 185).jpeg 751 × 600; 75 KB

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