Clipper Ships Built in the United States.

Maine

Alna

D. Weymouth

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856 King Philip 1194 Glidden & Williams Boston

Bath

Hall, Snow & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-10-18 Carrier Pigeon 843 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1853 Undaunted 1371 W.H. Foster & Co. Boston

M. Simpson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1859 Maid of the Sea 661 Jacob Stanwood, et al. New Boston

Trufant & Drummond

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Monsoon 773 George Hussey New Bedford
1853 Emerald Isle 1736 W. & J.T. Tapscott New York
1853-06 Flying Dragon 1127 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1853-11-30 Viking 1349 George Hussey New Bedford
1854 Windward 818 R.W. Cameron New York
1854-05 Mary Robinson 1371 E.M. Robinson New Bedford

Belfast

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856 Sportsman 626 J. Pierce & Co.
R.W. Cameron & Co.
Boston
New York

Carter & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856 Seaman's Bride 758 Enoch Benner, daniel Lewis, et al. Boston

Brewer

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1858 Golden Rocket 608 Moses Giddings and E.S. Dole Bangor, ME

Bristol

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Sparkling Sea 893 Alfred Blanchard, et al. Boston

Brunswick

G. Skolfield

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856 Rising Sun 1310 G. Skolfield & Co. Brunswick, ME

Cape Elizabeth

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Warner 500 Wm. H. Merritt New York
1853 Portland 998
N.F. Deering, et al. Portland, ME

Alfred Butler

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Snow Squall 742 Charles R. Green New York

C.B. Butler

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Black Squall 400 John Codman New York

Thomas E. Knight

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854-02 Phoenix 1485
1458
N. Blanchard & Sons
Charles Carow
New York
Portland, ME

Cumberland

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Bk Grapeshot 345 Sebastian Lawrence, et al. New London

Damariscotta

Austin & Hall

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Black Warrior 1828 William Wilson & Son Baltimore
1853 Wild Rover 1100 1036 Alpheus Hardy & Co. Boston

Cyrus Cotter

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Ocean Herald 1658
2136
Everett & Brown New York

Wm. Hitchcock & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Golden Rule 1185 Frederick Nickerson, et al. Boston
1855 Criterion 1546
1387
F. Nickerson & Co. Boston

Metcalf & Noriss

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Alert 764 Crocker & Warren New York
1852 Levanter 868 B.F. Metcalf and R.W. Trundy New York
1852 Queen of the East 1275 Crocker & Warren New York
1853-11-02 Flying Scud 1713 R.W. Cameron New York
1854 Talisman 1237 Crocker & Warren New York

Eastport

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Crystal Palace 653
E.M. Robinson, et al. New Bedford

C.S. Husten

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Grey Feather 610
587
L.H. Sampson & Co. New York

Eliot

James Arey & Sons

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Josephine 947 Jos. Andrews Salem

Frankfort

James Arey & Sons

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-09-03 Spitfire 1549
1520
Thomas Gray and Manning & Stanwood Boston

Dunham & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-11 Nonpareil 1431 Thomas Richardson & Co. New York & Philadelphia

George Dunham & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Ocean Spray 1089 Veasie & Co. Bangor, ME

Isaac Dunham

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-12 Flying Yankee / Flying Arrow 1092 Manning, Stanwood & Co. and Thomas Gray Boston

Williams & Arey

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1856 Arey 1129 Wakeman, Dimon & Co. New York

Farmingdale

Geo. Pierce

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Miss Mag 727 Samuel C. Grant
Pierce & Bacon
Farmingdale
Boston

Freeport

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Quickstep 836
823
Dunham & Dimon New York

Enos Soule

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1849 Tam O'Shanter 777 Enos Soule Freeport

Hallowell

J. Rideout

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Dashaway 1012 Read, Page & Co. Hallowell

Kennebunk

Bourne & Kingsbury

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Roebuck 815 Thaddeus Nichols & Thomas Curtis Boston

Newcastle

William Hitchcock

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-12 Flying Eagle 1094 1004 Frederick Nickerson & Co. Boston

Metcalf & Norris

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Levanter 868 Smith & Boynton and Naylor & Co. New York

Abner Stetson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Western Empire 1398 Wm. Sprague, et al. Boston

Orland

Samuel B. Keyes

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Stornaway 750 Welles & Gowan Boston

Pembroke

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Bk Comet 536 Edward C. Bates, et al. Boston
1852-11 Queen of the Pacific 1356 Reed, Wade & Co. Boston
1853 Western Continent 1272 John M. Mayo & Co. Boston

Pittston

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 White Falcon 1372 M.O. Roberts New York

Richmond

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Strenla 714 Wm Ropes Boston

G.H. Ferrin

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Wild Wave 1547 Benjamin Bangs Boston

Patten & Sturdevant

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Pride of America 1826 Patten & Sturdevant, Richmond
1854 Peerless 633 E.E. Davidson Boston

Thomas J. Southard

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-09-05 Gauntlet 1854 Stephenson & Thurston New York
1854 Wizard King 1398 Thomas J. Southard Richmond, ME

Robbinston

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Juniper 514 Aymar & Co. New York

J.M. Balkesn

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Bk Francis Palmer 302 Kesing & Brown San Francisco

James W. Cox

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-12-01 Red Gauntlet 1038 F. Boyd & Co. Boston
1855 Dictator 1293 Samuel Train Medford

Rose

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Virginia 959 George W. Hunter Boston

Rockland

Abbott, Kimball & Co.

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Yankee Ranger 707 Abbott, Kimball & Co. /
T.B. Wales & Co., Nathaniel Emmons, et al.
New York /
Boston

Horace Merriam

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Live Yankee 1637 George W. Brown et al. New York
1854 Euterpe 1985 1509 Foster & Nickerson New York

F.W. Rhoades

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Anglo Saxon 868 Henry A. Kelley, Robt. B. Coleman, et al./
E.M. Robertson
New York
1853 Progressive 1119

T.W. Rhoades

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1855-02-02 Young Mechanic 1375 William McLoon Rockland

George Thomas

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Bk Springbok 1900 Seacomb & Taylor Boston
1852-03-08 Defiance 1690 William T. Dugan
1852-10-15 Rattler 1121 909 William Whitlock Jr New York
1853-11-02 Red Jacket 2305 Seacomb & Taylor Boston

Thomaston

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Empire 1272 Foster & Nickerson New York

Chapman & Flint

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Oracle 1196 New York

J.C.C. Morton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Golden Racer 837 Boston

J. & C. Morton

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Ocean Chief 1228 James Baines & Co. Liverpool

Hon. Joshua Patterson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Crest of the Wave 942 M.R. Ludwig Baltimore

Trescott

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1851 Kate Hayes 700 Stephen W. Dana et al. Boston
1852 Sea Lark 974 Samuel G. Reed and E. Mott Robinson Boston and New Bedford

Waldoboro

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Spark of the Ocean 895 Alfred Blanchard, Wm. H. Greely, et al. Boston

Edwin Achorn

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852-10-28 Wings of the Morning 915 770 Talbot & Olyphant
John Bulfinch and H.A. Lovell
New York

Achorn & Gleason

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Woodcock 1091 Dunham & Dimon New York

Warren

Burgess & Clark

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1855 Stephen Crowell 936 Snow & Burgess New York

Wiscasset

Clark & Wood

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Golden Horn 1193 H. Clark Wiscasset

Maryland

Baltimore

Builder unknown

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1847/48 Architect 520 Gray
1848 Grey Hound 538 D. Stewart Baltimore
1851 Eliza F. Mason 582 Philadelphia
1851 Union 1012 853 S. Lurman & Co. Baltimore
1852 Kate Napier 700 Adam Gray Baltimore
1852 Lady Suffolk 530
1852 Rattler 539
1855 Helen Mar 511 George Logan New York

James Abraham

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Flora Temple 1915 Abraham & Ashcroft Baltimore
1855 Carrier Dove 1694 Montell & Co. Baltimore
1855 Cherubim 1796 David Currie et al. Richmond, VA

Abraham & Ashcroft

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1854 Canvasback 731 Oelrich & Lurman Baltimore

R. & E. Bell

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850-09-07 Seaman 546 Thomas Handy New York
1851-06-25 Seaman's Bride 668 Thomas Handy New York

Cooper & Butler

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1858 Sirius/i> 851 Bremen

Cooper & Slicer

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853 Spirit of the Times 1206 928 Aymar & Co. New York

Foster & Boose

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853
1854 [?]
Pride of the Sea 1600 James Hooper & Co. Baltimore
1853 Rover's Bride 383
376
J.D. Nason San Francisco

J. Gardner

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Paladin 460 Buenos Ayres

William & George Gardner

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Sirocco 1130 Dawson/Damon & Hancock Philadelphia
1853 Euroclydon 1410 Hancock & Dawson Philadelphia
1854-08-23 Napier 1811 Dawson & Hancock Philadelphia
1855 Whistling Wind 1800

Gardner & Palmer

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Atalanta 1289 Montell & Co. Baltimore

Adams Gray

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1850 Sea Nymph 537
526

Hunt & Wagner

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1852 Kate Hooper 1488 J.A. Hooper Baltimore
1855 Mary Whitridge 978 862 Thomas Whitridge & Co. Baltimore

Kennard & Williamson

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1833 Ann McKim 494 Issac McKim Baltimore

J.A. Robb

Launched Name OM NM Owner Port
1853-01-12 Frigate Bird 567 C.H. Cummings & Co. Philadelphia
OM:
Old measurement.
NM:
New measurement.

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