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Yankee (ferry)
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This article is about the historic 1907 ferry. For the modern ferry, see Yankee Clipper (Harbor Cruise).
Yankee (also known as Machigonne)[3] is an early-20th-century steel hulled ferry which is registered as a historic vessel with the National Register of Historic Places. As of 2006 it was berthed in Hoboken, New Jersey. In mid-2013, the ferry was moved to the Henry Street pier in the Gowanus Bay Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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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 |
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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 × 1 pdrs (Navy service) |
Machigonne | |
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Location | Hudson River, Hoboken, New Jersey |
NRHP reference No. | 92001610[1] |
Added to NRHP | 3 December 1992[2] |
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