AH-WR-1713

Stephen Young

Brig · United States · Lost January 25–26, 1862 · The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Stephen Young was scuttled in Charleston Harbor in January 1862 as part of the Union’s Second Stone Fleet.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Stephen Young was a brig out of Boston, Massachusetts. The vessel joined the Union’s Second Stone Fleet, assembled to obstruct navigation at Charleston Harbor. Gaines’s individual entry records scuttling in Maffitt’s Channel on January 25–26, 1862. The exact wreck position and surviving remains are not established.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 200 tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: January 25–26, 1862
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Maffitt’s Channel, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
Water: Charleston Harbor entrance, Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Charleston, South Carolina
Region: The Georgia & South Carolina Coast

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)

Construction year, dimensions, exact sinking day, individual wreck position and present condition are not established.

W. Craig Gaines — Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press (2008)
Individual vessel entry establishes rig, home port, Second Stone Fleet service and Charleston scuttling on January 25–26, 1862.