Name/Title
Schooner "Phoebe Crosby"Entry/Object ID
2026.011.004Description
Black-and-white photograph of the "Phoebe Crosby." Verso of photograph reads "Ship Phoeby Crosby, Bath, Maine." Named for the owner's wife, Phoebe Pendleton Crosby, the four-masted schooner was constructed 1920/1921 in Richmond, Maine, by Crosby Navigation Company. She had a gross tonnage of 1,048 tons and a length of about 196.2 feet. Wrecked on October 15, 1921, after running aground at Georgetown, South Carolina. The wreck is recorded in "Lloyd’s Register of Casualty Returns," and the owner at the time was C. K. Crosby of New York.
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