Ships

Ships related to Nehemiah Gibson, his family or his business.

• The Schooner Charles E. Gibson (formerly the U.S.S. Pembina - bought November 1865)
  
  
• The Schooner Lucy H. Gibson (formerly the U.S.S. Kineo - bought October 1866)
  
  
• The Barque Nehemiah Gibson (built in 1868 - lost off the coast of Brazil in 1892)
  
  
• The Barque Elliot Ritchie (formerly the USRMCS Harriet Lane - bought circa 1869, lost at sea in 1884)
  
  
• The Schooner Susan H. Ritchie (built in 1881 - lost off New Jersey coast in 1894)
  

• The Schooner Mary Pierce 
• The Barkentine Scotland
• The Schooner Susan H. Gibson
• The Schooner Clara Ellen

• The U.S.S. Penobscot was sold to Nehemiah Gibson for $6,700 October 19, 1869 at Portsmouth NH.

  https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/penobscot-i.html

  "After the war Penobscot returned to the cast coast. She decommissioned at New York 31 July 1865 and on 19 October 1869 was sold, at Portsmouth, N.H., to Nehemiah Gibson."

  http://www.multied.com//Navy/gunboat/penobscotI.html

• The U.S.S. Tacony as sold to Nehemiah Gibson for $20,000 on August 26, 1868 at Portsmouth, NH

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References: 

¹ Mystic Seaport - Index to Ship Registers

https://research.mysticseaport.org/indexes/ship-register