U.S. Schooner Sea Gull 



Originally the New York pilot boat New Jersey. Purchased by 

 the Navy in 1838 for $11,000 to serve with the Wilkes' 

 Exploring Expedition (1838 - 1842). A small vessel of shallow 

 draft, the Sea Gull was purchased (along with another New York 



pilot boat, renamed the Flying Fish") for conducting inshore 

 surveys and approaching the ice banier. Sea Gull was lost with- 

 out a trace in May 1839 off the coast of Chile. 

 Length: 96' Displacement: 1 10 tons 



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U.S. Schooner Flying Fish 



Formerly the New York pilot boat Independence which was 

 employed on the Sandy Hook run. Purchased by the Navy for 

 $10,000 and renamed Flying Fish, she joined Lieutenant Charles 

 Wilkes' U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). Because of her 



poor condition she was sold in February 1842 at public auction 

 in Singapore for $3,700 and, under the name Spec, became an 

 opium smuggler. 

 Length: 85' 6" Displacement: 96 tons 



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