Schooner Te Vega
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Te Vega is a two-masted, gaff-rigged auxiliary schooner. Originally launched as the Etak, she was designed by New York naval architects Cox & Stevens in 1929 for American businessman Walter Graeme Ladd and his wife, Catherine ("Kate") Everit Macy Ladd. Etak ("Kate" spelled backwards) was built at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, Germany, and launched in 1930. During World War II she served the US Navy as Juniata (IX-77). She is among the largest steel-hulled schooners afloat.
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Operation Sail 1976: T/S Te Vega on the Hudson River. | |
History | |
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Name | Etak |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel, Germany |
Launched | 1930 |
Identification |
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United States | |
Name | Juniata IX-77 |
Namesake | Juniata River |
Operator | US Navy |
Acquired | 1942 |
In service | 11 August 1942 |
Out of service | 1 January 1945 |
Fate | Sold to civilian |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gaff-rigged auxiliary schooner |
Tonnage | 242 |
Length | 137 ft (42 m) |
Beam | 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
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