Yankee (ferry)
Yankee as SS Machigonne, date unknown
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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? |
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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) |
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Machigonne
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| Location | Hudson River, Hoboken, New Jersey |
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| NRHP Reference # | 92001610 |
| Added to NRHP | 3 December 1992 |
Yankee (also known as Machigonne) 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.
Described as unusually luxurious for a day-voyaging vessel,Yankee was built in 1907 by the Philadelphian shipbuilding company Neafie & Levy for the Casco Bay and Harpswell Line. There is some confusion about her original name, with some sources listing it as Dida. It is unclear however, if the ship ever operated under that name, since she is commonly referred to as Machigonne from an early point in her career.
Machigonne began her service life ferrying passengers between Portland, Maine and the Calendar Islands in Casco Bay. In 1913, she was sold to the Nahant Steamship Line of Boston, Massachusetts, and used on the Boston, Nahant and Pines Island route.
Following America's entry into World War I, Machigonne was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 2 October 1917 under charter, and commissioned 15 May 1918 as USS Machigonne (SP-1043). During the war, the ship was armed with two one-pounder guns for defense, and used to transport men and supplies between Boston and Bumpkin Island Training Station.
After the end of hostilities, USS Machigonne was decommissioned and resumed commercial service. In 1921, the ship was purchased by John E. Moore and transferred to New York Harbor. For the next eight years, Machigonne was used to ferry newly arriving immigrants from their incoming ships to Ellis Island, and thenceforth to the mainland. These immigrants, many of whom were kept below decks on their transatlantic voyage, are said to have obtained their first views of New York City from the decks of Machigonne. In this period, the ship was also used to ferry tourists to the Statue of Liberty.
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