Bowdoin (Arctic schooner)

Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine

Standard: 210 ts

26.62 m

6.17 m

2.9 m

15 men

Sails and auxiliary machine

The two- masted schooner Bowdoin ( boʊdɪn ) is built for use north of the Arctic Circle Bereisung boat that was used in World War II for the U.S. Navy in the Greenland Patrol as a warship. Today, this classic from the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine is used for sailing training of young seamen of the U.S. Merchant Marine.

Building and history

The Bowdoin was jun 1921 as a research vessel for the North Sea after a design by William H. Hand. built at Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine, for the American Arctic explorer Donald Baxter MacMillan (1874-1970) from Freeport, Maine. Under his command, she made 26 trips over the Arctic Circle. It was named after the Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, on the MacMillan had his degree in 1898 as a geologist. There is also a Polar Museum he was in honor of the college set.

1941 Bowdoin was purchased by the U.S. Navy and placed under the command of their previous owner, Lieutenant Commander Donald B. MacMillan. She was initially assigned to the South Greenland Patrol. During its 27 -month secondment both Greenland patrols were combined into one. The Task Group 24.8 was directly subordinated to the American naval commander of the Atlantic Fleet. 1943 Auxiliary vessels used the patrol were first released and found at the end of out of service. The Bowdoin was launched in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was then painted in May 1944 from the list of Navy and 1945 sold as the Hulk.

For several years, the Bowdoin from the Maine Maritime Academy is used as a training ship for the sailors' training the next generation of merchant navy. In 1989 she was made ​​a National Historic Landmark of the United States under monument protection.