Yankee (ferry)
Yankee as SS Machigonne, date unknown |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yankee |
| Owner: | Private ownership |
| Builder: | Neafie & Levy |
| Yard number: | 1004 |
| Christened: | Dida |
| Completed: | 1907 |
| Commissioned: | (Into the US Navy): 15 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 1919? |
| In service: | Commercial: 1907–1917, 1919-1980s Navy: 1918–1919 |
| Renamed: | Machigonne, Hook Mountain, Block Island, League Island, Yankee |
| Reclassified: | SP-1043 (Navy service) |
| Status: | Operational but not in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Tonnage: | 489 gross, 289 net |
| Length: | 136 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 29 ft |
| Draft: | 8 ft |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 6 in |
| Installed power: | 450 horsepower (original) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engine; replaced 1947 by General Motors V12 diesel |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 pdrs (Navy service) |
| Machigonne | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Hudson River, Hoboken North, New Jersey (temporary) |
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| Governing body: | private owner |
| NRHP Reference#: | 92001610 |
| Added to NRHP: | 3 December 1992 |
Yankee (also known as Machigonne) is an early-20th century steel hulled ferry which is registered as an historic vessel with the National Register of Historic Places . As of 2006 it was berthed in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Read more about Yankee (ferry): Operational History, Restoration
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