The Circle Line formed in 1946 and bought the Sachem which became the flagship of their fleet, being renamed the Sightseer. The company offered tours around New York City. The ship was retired in the early 1980s and left at an abandoned pier in New Jersey.
In 1986, Robert Miller of Cincinnati was looking to buy an old steam yacht and found the ship in New York's Hudson River and bought it for $7,5000. It took ten days to repair ity and get seaworthy. While under repairs, pop singer Madonna used it in her "Papa Don't Preach" video.
Miller planned to bring the ship to a plot of land he had purchased in northern Kentucky along the Ohio River. He navigated the ship through the Great Lakes, down the Missisppi River to the Ohio River and finally got it to a creek on his property, about twenty miles from Cincinnati and here it remains, rusting away but a big must-visit site for kayakers.
Lots of pictures accompany the article.
So If In the Area, See a Very Historical Ship. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Showing posts with label USS Phenakite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Phenakite. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Queen City "Ghost Ship" USS Sachem/USS Phenakite-- Part 2: Thomas Edison Accuses Navy of "Pigeon-holing"
The U.S. Navy gave the Sachem to Thomas Edison to develop a way to destroy enemy submarines. he used it to conduct experiments in New York Harbor, then sailed it to Key West and the Caribbean.. Sadly, Edison did not get along well with the Navy, who he said "pigeon-holed" every invention he came up with through experimentation.
After World War I the Sachem had many owners and eventually became a recreational fishing vessel in Brooklyn, New York in 1932 after being bought very cheaply during the Great Depression. The new owners charged $2 to board it to party or to fish.
During World War II the Navy reacquired it and commissioned it as the USS Phenakite (PYC-25) in July 1942. Its duty included training and patrol. During the day, sailors trained aboard it and at night it patrolled off Key West.
Eventually it was assigned to guarding Long Island Sound in New York It was returned to Captain Martin after the war and its name returned to Scahem.
--GreGen
After World War I the Sachem had many owners and eventually became a recreational fishing vessel in Brooklyn, New York in 1932 after being bought very cheaply during the Great Depression. The new owners charged $2 to board it to party or to fish.
During World War II the Navy reacquired it and commissioned it as the USS Phenakite (PYC-25) in July 1942. Its duty included training and patrol. During the day, sailors trained aboard it and at night it patrolled off Key West.
Eventually it was assigned to guarding Long Island Sound in New York It was returned to Captain Martin after the war and its name returned to Scahem.
--GreGen
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