Category:Sachem (ship, 1902)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Luxury steam yacht, converted to navy ship, converted to sightseeing tour boat
- Built by: Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
- Yard No: 306
- Keel laid: 1901
- Launched: 1902.04.12
- Completed: 1902
- Length over all: 186 ft
- Beam:
- GT: 217
- DWT:
- uss-sachem.org
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- shipbuildinghistory.com
- ronnysalerno.com
- Ronny Salerno
- www.navsource.org
History
[edit]- 1902 Named: Celt; Flag: United States
- Official number: 127649
- Port: New York City
- Owner: J. Rogers Maxwell
- 1913? Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
- Call sign: LDMH
- Port: New York City
- Owner: Manton B. Metcalf
- 1917.07 Renamed USS Sachem (SP-192); Flag: United States
- Used for anti-submarine experiments by Thomas Edison
- 1919.02 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
- Returned to owner
- Call sign: LDMH
- Port: New York City
- 1926 Sold to Roland L. Taylor
- Call sign: LDMH
- Port: Philadelphia
- 1932 Sold and Jacob "Jake" Martin; converted to fishing boat
- Port: New York City
- 1934 Call sign: KJXE
- 1936 Converted to diesel
- 1942.07 Renamed USS Phenakite (PYc-25); Flag: United States
- Patrol and training vessel
- 1944.11 Decommissioned
- 1945.12 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
- Bought back by previous owner
- 1946 Renamed Sightseer; Flag: United States
- Call sign: KJXE
- Port: New York City
- Owner: Steamer Manhattan, Inc.
- 1956 Renamed Circle Line Sightseer; Flag: United States
- 1957.01 Renamed Circle Line V; Flag: United States
- Port: New York City
- Owner: Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
- 1977 Laid up in New Jersey
- 1986 Renamed Sachem; Flag: United States
- Port: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Owner: Robert Miller
- Appeared in Madonna video for Papa Don't Preach while still in New Jersey
- 1988 Moved to Petersburg, Kentucky, and abandoned
Categories:
- Ships built in 1902
- Ships built at Pusey and Jones Shipyard, Wilmington
- Ships of Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
- Passenger ships of the United States
- Tour boats in the United States
- Ships registered in New York City
- Ships registered in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Abandoned ships in the United States
- Shipwrecks in the United States
- Ships named Sachem