United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

Page 21 text:

I D X 4 -f-+C , ' V- , ' -. x 'W' M f 1, , my I X u w+.,,.,, , , no :Xt , f - , ,l I, . 'SV ,, I W I , f - 20 'V , 3pT.9 'jQ2Zf ,sy M X N K , K ,Y MV -dn ., X U 'I .l..'w,,,. 1, ... ' '+ LN, U ' f K 4 f il -wr ' :tv 7 A V f . -f 5.5! M I jk. ,. , x f '9 N I 2 N 'yr'-ff ia A ' 'Www f-551.1-.' lr, v Eu-Q. f HN R Qt 'sk y la ' 1 XX h 51.55 ., - 1 f QTN, ' A .Lt 72--, ' .e . 1 ,a 'sifQ it One of the most famous of the extreme clippers was the Andrew Jackson, the only ship to equal the Flying Cloud's record run of eighty-nine days to San Francisco. '14 Q1 , SHIPS The clipper ship, Sovereign of the V' ' ' f Seas, beating a Cunard steamship enroute to Liverpool. 2-'fllw f x sm! r, 5 -va- ' Q N : .'r..,,f 1 , ,- - -.-1 f Q' r-ev' 1 , Q ,. if -'S-1, X ,Sf4fm,1 A r q A . ,N e e 1, - ' Q 5 . -ff? ' 5 ' E, -we - ' X HE Q16 - I 'A f f ' . ' I7 'V' ' t s . H. L .-- . 'L1.', - -gf fc Y ',- x :fag - 52 511-, '2 -.? : ' ' 12:5 -X :ggi : ' ,A f .- 1 ' 1 ' '5x.:. , . 'f l5' : 1L 4 i, X . 'A ve 'm . :.'5x'xhk, 1 -,V ' 13121, fe K V, e Tw- ' 1 -- , 4 fp 2 'f5.Lf,f'?- -ax ' '13, t' 'L I V w-1 V, ve , -' ,, -N -,f a - X H 1. Y f .. - E , - .-- . fw ' . :-n,A f:...f - E so iiffgef 9 U F4 V: -A ,frlzy M H 'B' p. it Q . ' lb -cv W wr' V A 1 X I lfxx W1

Page 20 text:

fve, V 5 ' age MIC, C t , , C 5 1 is Of all Donald McKay's ships, t finest in beauty of design, weather .ai , ,fliness and constant speed was t 1 T Flying Cloud, shown below as s ' ' 2 K' K' was launched at Boston. THE GOLDEN CLIPPBP. Little need be said of the fabulous clipper ship. We have all seen pictures of her, carrying mountains of sail, heeled far over, driving through the sea. These long, slender vessels of consummate grace sailed equally well in light airs and heavy blows, and were at their best on long voyages. So, when gold was discovered in Cali- fornia, and the territory boomed, no better vessel could be found for the arduous voyage around Cape Horn. Tribute must be paid to Donald McKay and his colleagues, who personified the glory oflsail-the Golden Clipper.

Page 22 text:

of ,ff ,f J ,,,, X steamboat. He constructed four sue- r cessful steamboat.-1, but failed to .see , cial asset of steam navigation, 'ankle accordingly lost financial :supports f,' f John Fitch was the 'inventor of the the need for demonstrating the- Euan- Fulton as the steam- The attention of John Stevens was drawn to the work of Fitch in the development of the steamboat. Shown here is the machinery of the first propeller built by Stevens. The North several boats might brought a poverty- WSS DOI .Af-zz yn,-.,.,. ,.., .,....' ep...-' 14- e . - V '-S-...R 21 '1m...- .