Lettie G. Howard in 1989 prior to restoration |
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| Career (USA) | |
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| Name: | Lettie G. Howard |
| Owner: | South Street Seaport Museum |
| Builder: | A.D. Story yard, Essex, MA |
| Launched: | 1893 |
| Acquired: | 1968 |
| Refit: | 1993 |
| Fate: | sail training/educational vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | two-masted gaff schooner |
| Tonnage: | 59 short tons (54 t) |
| Displacement: | 102 short tons (93 t) |
| Length: | 125.4 ft (38.2 m) overall |
| Beam: | 21.1 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10.6 ft (3.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8.4 ft (2.6 m) |
| Sail plan: | mainsail, main topsail, foresail, staysail, jib; 5,072 square feet (471.2 m2) |
| Crew: | 7-9 |
| Notes: | wood hull |
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Lettie G. Howard (schooner)
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| Location: | South Street Seaport, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Built: | 1893 A.D. Story Yard Essex, Massachusetts |
| Architect: | Arthur D. Story |
| Architectural style: | Fredonia schooner |
| Governing body: | South Street Seaport Museum |
| NRHP Reference#: | 84002779 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP: | September 7, 1984[1][2][3] |
| Designated NHL: | April 11, 1989[4] |
Lettie G. Howard is a wooden Fredonia schooner built in 1893 in Essex, Massachusetts, USA[5]. This type of craft was commonly used by American offshore fishermen. The Lettie spent a significant portion of her working life off the Yucatan Peninsula coast. In 1968, she was sold to the South Street Seaport Museum and refinished. She was restored in 1991 and is certified as a training and working museum ship.
She was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[4][6][7]
Based in New York, she currently sails along the Northeast seaboard.