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The last ship built by William H. Webb was the steamship Charles H. Marshall, [2] [7] fittingly named after Webb's most longstanding customer, who had awarded Webb his first subcontract as an apprentice more than thirty years earlier. [5]
CSS Webb, a 655-ton side-wheel steam ram, was originally built in New York City in 1856 as the civilian steamship William H. Webb. She received a Confederate privateer's commission at New Orleans in May 1861, but was instead employed as a transport until January 1862.
Pages in category "Ships built by William H. Webb" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
At least 19 feet of her bow was also preserved, and now resides at a museum in Portland, Maine. It is the sole remaining example of the hundreds of American-built clipper ships. [13] Swordfish — 1851 United States (New York, NY) Unknown 169.6 ft (51.7 m) Swordfish was built by William H Webb, and owned by Barclays & Livingston both of New ...
SS California (1848–1866, 1872–1874): Built for the company, it was launched May 19, 1848 by William H. Webb, New York. It left New York on October 6, 1848 for Valparaiso, Panama City and San Francisco and then operated between San Francisco and Panama regularly until 1854. She was used as a spare steamer at San Francisco in 1856 and at ...
The ship was a "complete three decker" [4] with a black hull with a narrow gold streak. [5] Its official number in the Annual list of merchant vessels of the United States was 5728. [ 6 ] Its signal letters were J.G.Q.B. [ 7 ] Charles H. Marshall was the 135th ship built by William H. Webb, and he retired upon its completion.
The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.She was named for the city of Augusta, Georgia.. Designed and constructed by the noted American shipbuilder, William H. Webb, the second Augusta was launched on 30 September 1852 and later completed in 1853 at New York City and operated out of that port carrying passengers and freight for ...
Bristol was a large sidewheel steamboat launched in 1866 by William H. Webb of New York for the Merchants Steamship Company. One of Narragansett Bay's so-called "floating palaces", [1] the luxuriously outfitted Bristol and her sister ship Providence, each of which could carry up to 1,200 passengers, were installed with the largest engines then built in the United States, and were considered to ...