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IX-41 America

Racing Schooner:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at William H. Brown Shipyard, New York City, N.Y.
  • Launched, 3 May 1851
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 18 March 1862
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 11 October 1945
  • Final Disposition, crushed while in a boatshed at Annapolis MD., 29 March 1942. Broken up for scrap
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.
    Length 111'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 12'
    Armament 1 12-par, 2 23-par.
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    America 132k America (IX-41), under full sail, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine April 1946    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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