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C. A. Thayer

The lumber schooner, C. A. THAYER, at Gray's Harbor in 1903.

NPS Photo, SAFR E3.8495n

 

Extreme Length	219 feet
Length on Deck	156 feet
Beam	36 feet
Depth	11.38 feet
Gross Tonnage	453
Height of Mainmast	105 feet

 

l The CA Thayer is a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner, designed for carrying lumber.
l She was built in 1895 in Northern California at Hans D. Bendixsen’s shipyard in Fairhaven, CA.
l The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir carefully chosen for shipbuilding.
l She sailed with a small crew consisting of four seamen, two mates, a cook, and the captain.

 

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Learn more about Thayer. She hauled lumber, salmon and cod.