Governor Ames was the first five-masted schooner on the eastern seaboard, built in 1888. It has an interesting career that took it to the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and even the Pacific, until it sank on December 13, 1909.
Governor Ames
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Governor Ames was the first five-masted schooner on the eastern seaboard, built in 1888. It has an interesting career that took it to the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and even the Pacific, until it sank on December 13, 1909.

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