Cleopatra's Barge
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Cleopatra's Barge was the first oceangoing yacht built in the United States. It was built in 1816 at Salem, Massachusetts by shipbuilder Retire Becket for owner George Crowninshield Jr. Crowninshield
1818 painting by George Ropes in Peabody Essex Museum
Captain Benjamin Crowninshield
In the Harbor of Genoa, Italy
King Kamehameha II known as "Liholiho"
Crowninshield family
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The Crowninshield family is an American family that was historically prominent in seafaring, political and military leadership, and the literary world. The founder of the American family emigrated fro
Cleopatra's Barge
…Hawaii") in 1822 after a rebuild. Under an all-Hawaiian crew, Ha'aheo wrecked in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawai'i in April 1824. In the 18th century the Crowninshield family of Salem, Massachusetts had a thriving shipping business. In the American Revolution and War of 1812, many of the family merchant vessels were converted…
Navy collection image of Secretary Benjamin Williams Crowninshield 1772 – 1851
Crowninshield's Wharf. This painting by George Ropes Jr. is in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
Photo of Secretary of War William Crowninshield Endicott