Schoolship Nantucket
Specifications
Dimensions: 1,020 tons (1905 - 1,261 tons); 177' 4" length (1914 - 199' 9"); 32' beam; 12'9" draft (1905 - 13')Complement: 138
Propulsion: Four single-ended cylindrical boilers, one 500ihp horizontal compound steam engine and full rig auxiliary sail, one shaft.
Speed: 10 knots
Armament: One 11" smooth bore, two 9" smooth bores and one 60-pounder (1905 - six 4" rapid fire guns, four 6-pounders and one Colt machine gun; 1921 - four 4"/50 mounts)
Laid Down: 1873
Launched: 1876
Commissioned: 1876
Scrapped: 1958
[Information compiled from 125 Years of Excellence: Massachusetts Maritime Academy and NavSource Online.]