Lettie G. Howard
 Lettie G. Howard sailing in New York Harbor 2010 | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Namesake: | Lettie G. Howard Barron |
| Owner: | South Street Seaport Museum |
| Builder: | A.D. Story yard, Essex, MA |
| Launched: | 1893 |
| Acquired: | 1968 |
| Refit: | 1993 |
| Status: | sailing school vessel (SSV) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | two-masted gaff schooner |
| 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: | 17 POB for exposed waters, 36 POB for day sails, 20 POB overnight (Captain, Lic Mate crew varies: bosun, engineer, cook deckhand up to 7 paid crew) |
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Lettie G. Howard (schooner) | |
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Lettie G. Howard in 1989 prior to restoration | |
| Location | South Street Seaport, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1893 Story Yard Essex, Massachusetts |
| Architect | Arthur D. Story |
| Architectural style | Fredonia schooner |
| NRHP Reference # | 84002779[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 7 September 1984[1] |
| Designated NHL | 11 April 1989[2] |
Lettie G. Howard is a wooden Fredonia schooner built in 1893 in Essex, Massachusetts, USA.[3] This type of craft was commonly used by American offshore fishermen. Lettie G. Howard 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.[2][4][5]
Based in New York, she currently sails along the Northeast seaboard. She underwent extensive shipyard repairs in Portland, Maine in the second half of 2013.
In 2014, under the command of Captain Aaron Singh, funding was secured in collaboration with the New York Harbor Foundation for programming aboard Lettie G. Howard for three years. Captain Singh and his crew worked tirelessly to reinstate Lettie's COI and promote a peer leadership training model of New York Harbor School students aboard Lettie for all underway operations in 2014.
As a result of all the hard work of the NY Harbor School and Museum Staff members. Lettie received several prestigious awards:
-Tall Ships of America 2014 Sail Training Vessel of the year award.(www.sailtraining.org)
- New York Landmarks Conservancy 2014 -Lucy G Moses Preservation Award (http://www.nylandmarks.org/events/moses_awards)
Take a look at the New York Harbor School YouTube Channel for some great videos documenting these successes.
Schooner Lettie G. Howard past Full Time Masters: Charlie Deroko 1993-1994, Rick Mcdanough 1994, Eric Rice 1994-1995, Daniel Moreland 1995, Michael Alden 1995-1997, Zachary Thomas 1998-1999, Stephan Edick 1999-2002, Aaron Singh 2002- 2005, Jonathan Kabak 2005-2008, Denise Meagher 2008- 2009, Aaron Singh 2013-2015, Christopher Flansburg 2015- Present,
Relief Captains:
Mike Cohen, Richard Dorfman, Tommy Seda, Nicholas Alley, Edward Zimmerman, Micah Allnutt, Jason Quilter, Jonathan Boulware, Austin Becker, Chris Gasiorek,
See also
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "Lettie G. Howard (Schooner)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-15.
- ↑ South Street Seaport Museum
- ↑ Foster, Kevin J. (August 5, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lettie G. Howard" (pdf). National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lettie G. Howard—Accompanying photos" (pdf). National Park Service. 1988.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lettie G. Howard (schooner). |
- Biography of Lettie G. Howard Barron, biography and burial information about the woman for whom the Lettie G. Howard was named.
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