File:Shootingstarclipper1851.jpg
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Painting of clipper ship Shooting Star. Written on back: "Builder: James O Curtis, Medford, Mass., Feb. 8, 1851. Dimensions: 171' x 35' x 18'6". Tonnage: 903 tons. Type: Extreme Clipper Ship. Full named: Shooting Star."
Note on other ships of this name: A second Shooting Star, a medium clipper, was built in New York in 1859, and captured and burned by Confederate privateer Chickamauga, in 1864. A third Shooting Star was an extreme clipper built in New York under the name of Ino. This ship was renamed Shooting Star in 1867.
() American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 2, Malay-Young Mechanic, Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, pp. 573 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center" class="extiw" title="en:Online Computer Library Center">OCLC</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476701653">476701653</a>.
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| current | 12:35, 15 January 2017 | | 507 × 400 (63 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Painting of clipper ship <i>Shooting Star</i>. Written on back: "Builder: James O Curtis, Medford, Mass., Feb. 8, 1851. Dimensions: 171' x 35' x 18'6". Tonnage: 903 tons. Type: Extreme Clipper Ship. Full named: Shooting Star." <p>Note on other ships of this name: A second <i>Shooting Star</i>, a medium clipper, was built in New York in 1859, and captured and burned by Confederate privateer <i>Chickamauga</i>, in 1864. A third <i>Shooting Star</i> was an extreme clipper built in New York under the name of <i>Ino.</i> This ship was renamed <i>Shooting Star</i> in 1867. </p> <cite class="book" style="font-style:normal">(<span style="white-space:nowrap"><time class="dtstart" datetime="1927">1927</time></span>) <i> American Clipper Ships 1833-1858. Volume 2, Malay-Young Mechanic</i>, Salem, MA: Marine Research Society, pp. 573 <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center" class="extiw" title="en:Online Computer Library Center">OCLC</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476701653">476701653</a>. </small></cite> |
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