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IX-50 Bowdoin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Two-masted Auxiliary Schooner: Built in 1921, official number 22125, at Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay, ME.; Acquired by the US Navy in May 1941; Commissioned, USS Bowdoin (IX-50), 16 June 1941; Decommissioned, 16 December 1943; Struck from the Naval Register in May 1944; Sold by the US Government in 1945; Disposition, currently in use as a sail training vessel at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME., owned by the Schooner Bowdoin Association, Inc. Specifications: Displacement 66 t.; Length 88'; Beam 20' 2"'; Draft 9' 4"; Propulsion, sail, 2,900 square feet of canvas, with an auxiliary 190-h.p. Cummings diesel engine, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
115k	Bowdoin (IX-50) moored, date and place unknown. US Navy photo form "All Hands" magazine, issue dated April 1946	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
71k	ex Bowdoin (IX-50) underway under sail, date and place unknown.	Gunther Krebs
74k	ex Bowdoin (IX-50) moored at Mystic Seaport, CT. circa 1959-68. Photo courtesy of the Marine Historical Association	Gunther Krebs
43k	ex Bowdoin (IX-50) underway using sail, date and place unknown.	Gunther Krebs

View the Bowdoin (IX-50)
History entry at the National Park Service Maritime Heritage Program web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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