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Oregon
A brig, originally named the Thomas Perkins, purchased in 1841 at a cost of $9,000 in Astoria (Oregon), to replace the lost Peacock


Year of Launch:
1841(?)
Type of Vessel:
transport
Displacement:
250 t
Length:
85'
Beam:
22'
Depth in Hold:
11'
Guns:
2
Speed (knots):
--
Crew:
--
Original Purpose:
merchant brig

Information compiled from Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolnn Margolis (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1985), Appendix I "Charcteristics of Selected Exploring Vessles" compiled by Philip K. Lundeberg; Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discover, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick (Viking, New York, 2003), and The great United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 by William Stanton (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975); The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) by David B. Tyler (The American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1968).

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