Talk:Wapama (steam schooner)

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Steam schooner?

Forgive my ignorance, but what, exactly, is a steam schooner? I Googled, but no luck. Wapama, as pictured, has one mast, which automatically writes her out of the schooner category. I realize, of course, that her rig could have been altered at some point, as her Red Book listing suggests. But I'm still a bit confused. Is she schooner rigged currently? Was she schooner rigged for most of her career, but currently is not? From her looks, she's a steamboat with auxiliary sail power, so perhaps this was a transitional type of vessel? I suspect there's more to be said here, so if anybody's got sources, please elaborate! --Fullobeans (talk) 07:37, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They were ships built to carry lumber along the Pacific Coast. Originally ship owners converted sailing schooners to steam=--hence the name. Later they were purpose-built as steam ships. Eventally the woodden hulled vessels were replaced by steel ships but their name stuck. Sources:

McNairn, Jack; MacMullen, Jerry (1945). Ships of the Redwood Coast. Stanford University, Calif.: Stanford University Press. OCLC 2097011.

Newell, Gordon R; Williamson, Joe (1960). Pacific Lumber Ships. Seattle, WA: Superior Pub. Co. OCLC 5283197.

Ryan, Terrence (Fall 2010). "The Development of Pacific Coast Lumber Ships". Nautical Research Journal (Cuba, New York: Nautical Research Guild Inc.) 55 (3): 141–160. ISSN 0738-7245. OCLC 664215837.

Ryan, Terrence (Fall 2009). "The Pacific Coast Lumber Trade". The California Territorial Quarterly (Paradise, California: Bill & Penny Anderson) (79): 24–35. ISSN 1080-7594.

Ryan, Terrence (Spring 2012). "Pacific Coast Steam Schooners." PowerShips. (Cranston, R.I.: The Steamship Historical Society of America, Inc.) (281): 38-45. ISSN 0039-0844.

Terrence Ryan

[edit] External links — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrence Ryan (talk • contribs) 23:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Demolition

I hear they are demolishing the ship now. — Eoghanacht ^talk 23:27, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]