Sadie

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Type: Skipjack

Year: 1900

Builder: John P. Jackson

Location: St. Michaels

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Fetch?Row IDMediaDateVesselPlaceRelated PlacesInscription/MarksSubjectNotesArchive Number
1No image URL.Lula + SadieP0001.011/01-1947
2P0003-01--J-66862/29/1944J6685 - "Sadie Hawkins" (Wacs) during Service Club party, HRPE. 2-29-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "RESTRICTED" stamped in red ink front and back.Parties–Virginia–Newport News.; Dance parties–Virginia–Newport News.; Dance–Virginia–Newport News.Several WACs pose together in Sadie Hawkins costumes. In the middle of them stands a man dressed in women's clothes, wearing a wig made of a mop head.P0003/01-#J-6686
3P0003-01--J-66852/29/1944J6685 - Overall view of dancers at Sadie Hawkins party at Service Club, HRPE. 2-29-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "RESTRICTED" stamped in red ink front and back.Parties–Virginia–Newport News.; Dance parties–Virginia–Newport News.; Dance–Virginia–Newport News.Shows a room full of couples dancing in a combination of uniforms and "country" costumes.P0003/01-#J-6685
4MS63-106 Sadie F Lewis7/4/1930Sadie F. Lewis (Schooner : 1902).Wicomico County (Md.).Envelope: "Bugeye. Sadie F. Lewis. White Haven 7-4-30" Negative: "#106 (M.V.B.) 7-4-30"Bugeyes (Boats)–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies.Shows the bow of a sailboat out of the water, a shed is in the background.MS0063/01-106#0106
5No image URL.Bugeye Lula & SadieP0001.011/01-#PK2761
6No image URL.Sadie E. CulverP0001.011/01-2652
7No image URL.Sadie C. SummerP0001.011/01-2651
8MS0094-1704 Sadie and Ellis12/3/1895Sadie E. Ellis (Steamboat : 1879).Sadie + Ellis - (tug); 1704Steamboats–United States.; Tugboats–United States.Shows a port side view of a tugboat making way, in the background additional vessels can be seen. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Dec. 3, 1895"MS0094/01-#1704
9MS63-107 Sadie F Lewis7/4/1930Sadie F. Lewis (Schooner : 1902).; F. C. Todd (Schooner : 1876).Wicomico County (Md.).Envelope: "Bugeye. Sadie F. Lewis. White Haven 7-4-30"Bugeyes (Boats)–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Shipyards–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies.Shows a partial view of two boats out of the water, the stern of Sadie F. Lewis and the bow of F. C. Todd.MS0063/01-107#0107
10No image URL.Shipwrecks–New Jersey.Story of shipwreckof SADIE & EDGAR off the coast of New Jersey, Jan.1974. Two men died and the captain, Cyril E. LaBreque, was found innocent of manslaughter and gross negligence.LB55155
11KIC Image 8Sailing ships–Juvenile literature.; Toy and movable books–Specimens"Created and produced by Sadie Fields Productions ; paper engineering by Mat Johnstone" P. [2] of cover.LB96403
12No image URL.2/19/1918Severe storms–Virginia–Norfolk.; Coal–Inventory–Virginia–Norfolk.A three page letter on a single leaf from a sender named "Sadie" to Mildred L. George. A family friend from Northumberland County, Sadie inquires about Mildred's family, and asks for pictures of the baby. She mentions staying with Mrs. Curdts in Norfolk, and gives a mailing address of 201 Westover Avenue. She pines for home, and says that when the war is over she will be returning there. She also mentions the bitter cold weather and the difficulty of finding coal to use. Finally she closes by sending well wishes and the hope to visit soon. Includes envelope.MS0065/-01.26#03
13MS63-222 Schooner FC Todd1930F. C. Todd (Schooner : 1876).; Sadie F. Lewis (Schooner : 1902).Wicomico County (Md.).Envelope: "Schooner. 'F.C. Todd' (Bugeye Sadie F. Lewis). White Haven 1930" Negative: "#222 M.V.B. 1930"Schooners–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Shipyards–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies.; Boats and boating–Maintenance and repair.Shows a view of the stern of a schooner out of the water. Another sailing ship out of the water can also be seen.MS0063/01-222#0222
14No image URL.Shipwrecks–New Jersey.Skipper acquited by federal court jury.LB55154
15P0003-01--L-26166/3/1943American Red Cross."L2616 - Cpl. Jack A. Lewis, 20836220, of the 45th QM Co. on Pier 10 with Red Cross worker Mrs. Ben Bleekman of the Newport News Canteen Unit #2 serving iced tea on pier X. 6-3-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va."; stamped in black "Confidential"Soldiers–Virginia–Newport News.; Piers–Virginia–Newport News.; Iced tea–Virginia–Newport News.Mrs. Sadie Blechman pouring iced tea into a cup that Technician Fifth Grade Jack A. Lewis is holding. They are standing on a pier along with other soldiers. There is a ship in the background.P0003/01-#L-2616
16SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the bowl appears the port bow view of the United States cruiser, CHICAGO at anchor. At the top of the handle is the inscription "Nettie from Sadie". LABEL: U.S. CRUISER CHICAGO Built at Chester, Pennsylvania, 1889 Souvenir spoon FS 208 VESSEL INFORMATION- VESSEL NAME: USS CHICAGO ALL SHIPS NAMEES: (1) USS CHICAGO (PROTECTED CRUISER, C: 1889-1921), USS CHICAGO (LIGHT CRUISER, CL-14: 1921-1923), (3) USS ALTON (UNCLASSIFIED SHIP, IX-5: 1928-1936). VESSEL BUILT: 1885 SHIP BUILDER: JOHN ROACH & SONS BUILDER LOCATION: CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 342'2" x 48'3" x 19' VESSEL HISTORY: Changed to light cruiser 2nd line, CL-14; then to unclassified (ex CL-14); name changed to USS ALTON on July 16, l928; stricken on August 16, 1935; sold on May 15, l936; sunk July 8, 1936. Disposed of in accordance with the treaty (London) for the limitation and reduction of naval armament.CL1828
17MS63-224 Schooner FC Todd1930F. C. Todd (Schooner : 1876).; Sadie F. Lewis (Schooner : 1902).Wicomico County (Md.).Envelope: "Schooner. 'F.C. Todd'. White Haven 1930" Negative: "#224 M.V.B. 1930"Schooners–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Shipyards–Maryland–Wicomico County.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies.; Boats and boating–Maintenance and repair.Shows a view of the stern of a schooner out of the water. Another sailing ship out of the water can also be seen. This shot is similar to 0222.MS0063/01-224#0224
182011.0006.000001[1]SHORT DESCRIPTION: Painting, oil on canvas, by James Edward Buttersworth. In the painting Buttersworth depicts the schooner Magic and sloop Gracie leading a fleet of six yachts down the Hudson River and around the tip of Manhattan on a partly cloudy morning (we know its morning because the sun appears on the right side of the painting). When viewing the painting you are looking northeast across Upper New York Bay. Castle Williams sits at the right on the northwest corner of Governor’s Island. Castle Garden sits at the left between Gracie and the next closest yacht. The tall spire closest to Gracie’s stern is Trinity Church. There are a few things to note in the painting: •All of the vessels are flying private signals but only Magic's and Gracie's are readily identifiable. •Looking at the chart of 'Private Signals of Yachts Belonging to the New York Yacht Club, 1871' from the 1871 edition of the Constitution, By-Laws, Sailing Regulations, &c. of the New York Yacht Club, Magic is shown flying the private signal of J. Lester Wallack (he owned Magic only in 1871). •Gracie is flying an unidentified private signal (a white field with a circle of blue stars). In 1871 Gracie was owned by H. W. Johnson & William Krebs (sold by Voorhis in the winter of 1869-1870). Their private signal for Gracie was a swallowtail burgee with diagonal white and blue stripes. The signal depicted on Gracie is very similar to the signal flown on William Voorhis’s yacht Tidal Wave (a white field with a circle of blue stars with the letters T.W. in the center). Voorhis had been the owner of Gracie for several years but used a private signal featuring a swallowtail burgee with a red field with white diamond with an Old English script G in the center (either black or blue). At some point in the past, the scene was ascribed to be the June 22, 1871 annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club, however, that regatta never occurred in the area where Buttersworth depicts Magic and Gracie. The two yachts did participate in a number of NYYC regattas, but there don’t seem to be any instances that would place them in this location. In this instance, it seems fairly certain that Buttersworth has created a fictional scene purely with the intention of creating a marketable image. NOTES: See blog post published April 10, 2019 (attached) and object file for research backing up change in attribution. NOTES: Text from "Ship, Sea & Sky, The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth" by Richard B. Grassby (pictured on pages 88-89), : The setting is identified by Castle Garden on the left and Castle Williams on Governors Island on the right. Here Buttersworth uses horizontal bands of light on the water and a diagonal shaft of light from a concealed sun to mark off space and link the competing yachts. The vessels are separated by the water over which they skim but are linked by physical tension, by a shared direction of wind and wave. Visual analogies are provided by highlights of the same pigment. The flags on the ship echo those on the shore, and the colors of the leading yacht echo those of Castle Garden. Different areas of color focus the action. The consistency of the clouds is conveyed by a wash of wet thin paint that was allowed to run, and their mass is suggested by tonal contrasts, which range from pink and orange near the sun to many shades of blue and gray in the storm center and pale blue and yellow in the patch of clear sky. A gradual transition occurs in the water from gray to green and blue tones. Buttersworth used a limited number of pigments, but his wide spectrum of high-keyed tones gives diversity to his color scheme. NOTES: Rudolph J. Schaefer; J. E. Buttersworth 19th Century Marine Painter, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, 2009 (2nd Edition, revised and updated by Andrew W. Germand and Janet U. Schaefer), page 146 for a color image of the painting and a description. This painting was also used on the front of the dust cover jacket. Text accompanying image: Here is Magic, with white hull, owned by the celebrated actor J. Lester Wallack, racing the sloop Gracie, owned by H. W. Johnson and William Krebs. The occasion is the New York Yacht Club Regatta of June 22, 1871. The setting is the Upper Bay of New York, with Castle Garden at the tip of Manhattan on the left and Castle Williams on Governors Island on the right. This composition shows JEB is at his very best, with everything in proper relation and placed in a brilliant setting of sky and water. He has used a particularly wide range of color and tonal effects in the sky. Note, too, the use of very wet and thin paint as clearly indicated by the running effect above the edges of the center mass of clouds, very much like watercolor on moist paper. VESSEL HISTORY: VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: MAGIC (1859-1926); MADGIE (1857-1859) VESSEL HISTORY: Magic was originally launched as a centerboard sloop (one mast) named Madgie. The sloop was designed by Richard Fanning Loper of Philadelphia in 1857 for his own use, and was built in the Byerly & Son. In 1859 Loper modified Madgie from a sloop to a schooner (two masts) and renamed her Magic. In 1860 Loper again modified Magic by lengthening the bow. Loper sold Magic in 1864. From 1865, the small centerboard schooner was sailing under the banner of the New York Yacht Club. In 1869, the boat is completely rebuilt by David Carll, of City Island, before it is bought by Franklin Osgood. Magic was one of sixteen New York Yacht Club vessels to race in the first challenge for the America’s Cup in 1870. Magic defeated the English challenger, Cambria, owned by James Lloyd Ashbury who belonged to the Royal Thames Yacht Club. Magic had nineteen owners throughout her life, including the United States Navy, which used her as a supply craft during the 1898 Spanish-American war, a charter and fishing boat, and even a pilot boat in Key West. By October 1926 Magic was lying abandoned in Key West in poor condition. After receiving additional damage during a hurricane Magic’s owner, John Lowe, had the boat dragged offshore and destroyed with explosives. VESSEL NAME: GRACIE (1868-) Gracie was a shallow centerboard sloop designed by Abraham A. Schank. It was launched in 1868. Originally 6-'3" in overall length, it was lengthened in 1869 by two feet, and again in 1874 to 72'9". In 1879 it was completely rebuilt by David Carll to 80' overall length. According to the July 1886 issue of Outing magazine, Gracie's first owner was Mr. William Voorhis, followed by Wm. Krebs, John R. Waller, and the owner in July 1886 was Joseph P. Earls. Text from: Brentano's Aquatic Monthly and Sporting Gazetteer, Volume 1, RECORD OF THE SLOOP-YACHT GRACIE. No yacht at the present day is better known, or more appreciated, or more successful, than the sloop-yacht Gracie, which has been selected by the New York Yacht Club to carry the Rear-Commodore's pennant for 1879; also, the gallant Rear-Commodore himself is well known to the yachting world—as well to the old as the new generation. He has been yachting since he could lift an oar or paddle a skiff. He has owned many yachts. Among the first he owned was the sloop Midnight, which was purchased by Commodore Dickerson about twenty years ago, and by him immortalized in song, which is to this day sung by all God fearing yachtsman. The Daphne (now Christian) was also owned by him some time before the purchase of the Gracie. The Gracie was built at Nyack, on the Hudson, and launched in July, 1868; modeled and built by A. G. Polhemus. The modeling and superintendence of building no doubt belongs to Mr. William Voorhis, for whom she was built, who is himself an expert yachtsman. The tonnage at that time, fifty-four tons. Mr. Voorhis did not long keep her idle, for during the August cruise of the New York Yacht Club we find her entered for the prize presented by Thomas C. Durant, Esq., and was sailed over the Block Island course [Narragansett Bay-Buzzard’s Bay] without allowance of time. The Gracie was beaten by the White Wing 11 min. 7 sec. The fall regatta of the New York Yacht Club was sailed September 22, for cups presented by Mr. J. G. Bennett, over the New York Yacht Club course, without allowance of time. The Addie V. won, beating the Gracie 20 sec. September 24, for the champion pennant of the Atlantic Yacht Club, the Gracie won, beating the Sadie 7 min. 30 sec. Commodore Voorhis did not fancy being beaten; decided during the winter to improve her by lengthening her aft six feet. She thus made her appearance in the Atlantic Yacht Club regatta, June8, 1869, when she beat the Madeleine 13 min. 7 sec., and won the first-class sloop prize. In the June regatta of the New York Yacht Club, which was two days after, was beaten by the Sadie, in actual time, 2 min., and corrected time, 15 min. 55 sec. The day was rather stormy, and several of the larger yachts met with disasters. June 24, sailed in the annual regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, in the first-class sloops, the Madeleine, Kate, Gracie and Psyche. The Gracie came in ahead, but was so heavy weighted with allowance that the Kate won the prize. On the August cruise of the New York Yacht Club, in a scrub race from New London to Newport, for a cup and $250, she beat the Madeleine 20 min. 40 sec. At Newport, August 11, sailed a race without allowance of time, beating the Madeleine 1 1 min. and the Coming 12 min. Messrs. Johnson and Krebs bought the Gracie in the winter of 1869-70, and entered her.in the annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club, June 14, in which she was beaten by her old antagonist, the Sadie, by 9 min. 30 sec. corrected time. At Newport, August 16, she won the Ashbury Cup, beating the Addie V. 4 min. Thus ends the racing for 1870. 1871 opens with the Annual Regatta of the N. Y. Y. C., June 22, in which three prizes were put up—the Bennett Challenge Cup, the Club Cup, and the Subscription Cup. The Addie pocketed all of them, beating the Gracie 1 5 min. 51 sec. actual time, and corrected time, 17 min. 23 sec. June 27, Brooklyn Union Regatta, in which the New York Yacht Club participated, the Gracie won the first-class sloop prize without time allowance. Cape May Regatta, July 5th, won the Citizens' Cup, presented by the citizens of Philadelphia, valued at $1,000; beat the Vindex 2 min. 37 sec. Eastern Yacht Club Regatta at Swampscott Bay, August 14th, for cups presented by the Eastern Yacht Club and Citizens' Cup of Swampscott; won by the Gracie, beating the Sadie, Vixen and Vindex, actual time, 27 min. 29 sec., and corrected time, 14 min. 45 sec.; value of prize, $1,450. Commodore's Subscription Cups, August 21, Regatta at Newport, over the Block Island course; beat the Sadie in actual time 12 min. 57 sec.; but the Sadie won the cup by corrected time over the Gracie, 4 min. 43 sec. But the Gracie had not forgotten her defeat in the June Regatta. She challenged the Addie V. for the Bennett Challenge Cup, which was sailed October 2d, in which she beat the Addie V. in actual time 1 min. 22 sec.; corrected time, 22 sec. Mr. Samuel J. Colgate became the owner of the Gracie in 1872, and entered her in the Annual Regatta, June 20th, where she won the cup, making the shortest time, leading the Addie, Vixen and Ariadne 5min. 12sec. The Gracie had won quite a reputation for speed. The sloop Meta, then new, sent a challenge to the Gracie which was promptly accepted. Conditions: $250 prize. 8-knot breeze, 20 miles from off buoy 5, Sandy Hook and return; Meta allowed Gracie 1 min. 45 sec. Gracie won, beating the Meta 1 min. 14 sec. corrected time. August 19th, at Newport, was beaten by the Vixen; the Gracie did not complete the race. Accepted challenge from the Vision to sail for the Bennett Challenge Cup, won from the Addie, October 2d, 1871; was sailed September 20; after several accidents, lost the race, the cup awarded to the Vision. September 23, triple match, Meta, Gracie and Vision, Gracie beaten by both. In 1873 Mr. J. R. Waller became her owner. Her first appearance was June the 6th, N. Y. Y. C. Regatta, in which she won the cup for making the race in the shortest time. But Mr. Waller notified the Regatta Committee that, as no member of the club was on board, she was not entitled to the cup. It was awarded to the Vision. Mr. Waller did not race any more that season, but during the winter made considerable alterations in her. She was entirely rebuilt, was lengthened aft five feet, and forward two feet; two feet six inches more beam, also six inches depth of hold, with several new spars and sails, so that in the spring, 1874, she came from J. E. Smith's yard, at Nyack, a new vessel, entered the N. Y. Y. C. Regatta, June 11, and beat the Vision in actual time, 37 min. 19 sec. August 11, Handicap Race at Newport, met for the first time the sloop Arrow, and won the cup, beating the Arrow, actual time, 18 min. 20 sec., corrected time, 15 min. 20 sec. The Gracie did not race during the season of 1875, but entered for the N. Y. Y. C. Regatta, June 8, 1876; was beaten by the Arrow, the Gracie not completing her course, 1st Centennial Regatta, June 22, the Gracie entered with the Arrow and eight other sloops; was beaten, actual time, 7 min. 49 sec., corrected time, 10 min. 31 sec. 3d Centennial Regatta, from Sandy Hook to Cape May Light Ship, in which the Gracie and Arrow were the only sloops entered; Arrow won, •beating the Gracie 42 min. 40 sec. September 19, Flag Officer Regatta, N. Y. Y. C., for prizes presented by them, Gracie sailed over the course; there being no competitor, declined the cup. After cruising to the eastward for the rest of the season she was sent to David Carll's yard, at City Island, where she was during the winter entirely rebuilt, so that in the spring of '77 she came off the stocks an 84-ton sloop; Tier length, 80 feet; beam, 22 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 7 feet; draught, •6 feet 8 inches. Her model was very much altered; those that remembered the old Gracie will certainly not recognize the new. Her stern has none of that squatty appearance that she had before. Her bow is very high out of water, which of course gives her a very great shear, which, from the outside, does not look very handsome, but after stepping on board she presents a very handsome appearance. The lines below waterline have been carefully preserved, the spars have also been altered; her mast, which was the old Vesta's, is 74 feet long; the main boom, 60 feet; gaff, 30 feet; topmast, 36 feet; and bowsprit, some 40 feet long. Her rig is not taunt—the masthead very short, it makes her look like an old spinster with long legs and short body; her masthead lengthened some 6 feet more, and longer topmast, say, 45 feet, she would look quite different; the hoist of her mainsail would not be so great, but the strain on the masthead from the main boom and gaff, would be obviated by •giving the mainsail more peak. During the summer of 1877 Mr. Waller enjoyed the season by cruising to the eastward, where he had the pleasure several times of being caught out in some of the northeasters—the Gracie proving herself an excellent sea boat. 1878.—Stayed to the eastward until the August cruise of the New York Yacht Club, when she joined the squadron at New Bedford. It was during this cruise that she met the Vision. The Vision, trim from the dry dock, and the Gracie, rough after cruising nearly all the season, without any attention being given to a trim ship for racing. The result, of course, was, the Vision beat the Gracie in light winds. The friends of Mr. Waller, feeling confident that the Gracie could beat the Vision, a match a little later was arranged to be sailed on the 23d of October, twenty miles to windward and return, the Gracie allowing the Vision five minutes. Prize, cup, $250. The match was won by the Gracie, beating the Vision eighteen minutes and forty-six seconds actual, and thirteen minutes and forty-six seconds corrected time. Thus ends the thirtieth race that the Gracie has entered in since she was launched—of which she has won sixteen times, came in second eleven times, came in third once, and two incomplete races. Thus ends the "Record of the Gracie.'' We hope that the coming season will bring the Arrow out, as rumors to the effect are in circulation that she has gone into the hands of new owners. A match with two such celebrated sloops would be looked forward to with much interest. LEE SCUPPER. New York, March, 1879.CL29885
19No image URL.SHORT DESCRIPTION: This plaque commemorates the christening of the SS SEA NYMPH, a NNSD & Co. C-2 cargo ship built at the Wilmington, North Carolina yard. It contains the netting and ribbons from the christening bottle. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: SEA NYMPH VESSEL TYPE: C-2 CARGO SHIP KEEL LAID: 12/31/43 VESSEL LAUNCHED: 3/2/44 DELIVERED: 4/18/44 SHIPBUILDER: NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK CO. BUILDER LOCATION: NORTH CAROLINA YARD, WILMINGTON ALL SHIP'S NAMES: 1947 ALCOCA RUNNER; 1966 FORTALEZA; 1968 CRETHECL23810

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