Constellation (schooner)
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 Yacht Constellation circa 1892 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Constellation |
| Builder | Piepgras Shipyard, City Island, New York |
| Laid down | February 1, 1889 |
| Launched | June 20, 1889 |
| In service | August 1889 |
| Out of service | September 1941 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1941 (for War Effort) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Length | |
| Beam | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Constellation was the largest steel schooner when completed, having been designed by the yacht designer Edward Burgess and launched in 1889. She was built at the Piepgras Shipyard on City Island in the Town of Pelham on Long Island, New York.[1] It was built for yachtsman Edwin D. Morgan III, who was a commodore of the New York Yacht Club, and grandson of New York Governor and state senator Edwin D. Morgan.[2][3] The vessel remained in service on the United States East Coast at Marblehead, Massachusetts, until 1941 when the schooner was taken out of service and scrapped for its metal to aid the war effort.
Constellation one of the first large yachts built with a steel hull, and designed with a revolutionary feature where the centerboard did not rise above the cabin floor. She measured 136 feet (41 m) long overall, 107 feet (33 m) long at the waterline, with a 24-foot-9-inch (7.54 m) beam, and a draft of about 12 feet (3.7 m).[5] The top mast was 135 feet (41 m) from the waterline.[6] She was 118 net register tons (NRT) and 157 gross register tons (GRT), with a 12.1-foot (3.7 m) draft. The original main boom was over 90 feet (27 m) long.
