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} |} The ''Shearwater'' is an wooden schooner docked in Lower Manhattan in New York City in the U.S. state of New York. The schooner was designed by Theodore Donald Wells and built by the Rice Brothers Corporation in East Boothbay, Maine in 1929. During World War II, it was requisitioned into the United States Coast Guard to patrol for German U-boats. The ''Shearwater'' completed a circumnavigation of the world in the early-1980s and later worked as a research laboratory for the University of Pennsylvania's Institute of Environmental Medicine. Docked about west of the site of the World Trade Center, it is operated by Manhattan by Sail, which gives 90-minute-long tours of New York Harbor, and is licensed to carry 48 passengers. The schooner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.〔 (''Accompanying 3 photos from 2008' )〕 ==Construction== The schooner is in overall length, extending on deck and along the waterline. At 36 gross tons, her maximum beam is and she draws of water. The design is a semi-fisherman type with a spooned bow, that was popular in the early 20th century. The full keel is made of solid oak and the hull is yellow pine over an oak frame. The floor timbers are oak, the stern is laminated mahogany, and the decks are teak. She has two spruce masts. The engine room below the deckhouse holds a Detroit 4-71 diesel engine.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shearwater (schooner)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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