Massachusetts Maritime Academy Training
SSV Ernestina-Morrissey Programs
Sail training, leadership and STEM programs aboard the 1894 Grand Banks fishing schooner SSV Ernestina-Morrissey.
Description
Massachusetts Maritime Academy operates the National Landmark schooner SSV Ernestina-Morrissey, built in 1894 at the James and Tarr Shipyard for the Gloucester fishing fleet and homeported in New Bedford, MA. The vessel is a two-masted gaff-rigged Grand Banks fishing schooner, USCG certified as a Sailing School Vessel (Subchapter R) and Passenger Vessel (Subchapter T).
Key features
- Undergraduate sail training and leadership training for cadets
- K-12 STEM programming and community outreach
- Programs from dockside visits to day sails and overnight learning camps
Specifications
| Length overall | 156 ft |
|---|---|
| Length on deck | 110 ft |
| Beam | 24 ft 5 in |
| Draft | 13 ft |
| Rig height | 115 ft |
| Sail area | 8,323 sq ft |
| Displacement | 139 GRT |
| Hull | Wood |
| Year launched | 1894 |
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