Item 8872 - Ship ARYAN, Phippsburg, 1893
- Item 8872 - Ship ARYAN, Phippsburg, 1893
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Image Info ARYAN was the last wooden full-rigged ship built in the U.S. for commercial purposes. She was built in 1893 at the shipyard of C. V. Minott of Phippsburg.
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She carried cargoes mostly between New York and West Coast ports, traveling around Cape Horn. After years of successful service, she burned in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 24, 1918.
Twenty-two of the 30 people aboard were rescued.
