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Walter A. Simonds , (1900–1982)

Young America

1853
76 1/2 in. x 51 in. (194.31 cm x 129.54 cm)

Medium and Support: Ship model

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Arthur H. Savage

Accession Number: 1939.S1

Current Location: On view : GC2

Commentary

Young America
Extreme Clipper Ship

Built at New York in 1853
Length 243 ft.; Beam 43 ft. 2 in.; Depth 28 ft. 6 in.; Tonnage 1962 tons

The Young America was a fine example of the clipper ships that brought fame to the American Merchant Marine in the decade before the Civil War. Built and designed by William H. Webb of New York, builder of many famous clipper ships, she was his last clipper as well as his masterpiece. She was employed principally in the fast cargo trade from New York around Cape Horn to San Francisco and, although she did not set any such record for this voyage as the Flying Cloud, she had many fast passages to her credit. Moreover, she survived much longer than most of the clipper ships and is said to have rounded Cape Horn over fifty times in her thirty-five years of service.

Robert E. Peabody, "Young America" catalogue entry in ed. John Ratté, Models of American Sailing Ships, rev. ed. (Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1994), 87

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

1/4" scale: Models of American Sailing Ships Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/25/1994 - 1/12/1995

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