Wavetree
Address:
South Street Seaport Museum
Pier 16, East River
Manhattan
212-748-8786
Category: Historic Ships
Current use: Floating exhibit.
Built: 1885 Southampton, UK
Length: 279, Breadth: 40.2, Depth: 24.4
Gross Tonnage: 2170 Hull: IRON
Original Use: Cargo
Designation: National Register of Historic Places
Description: The full rigged ship is the largest sailing ship afloat, and one of the last built of wrought iron. A tramp ship, Wavetree took on cargo for hire from India to South America. Sold in 1910, she was used as a warehouse in Chile and later converted to a sand barge before being acquired by the Seaport Museum in 1968.
