AH-WR-0783

Wyoming

Six-Masted Schooner · United States · Lost 1924 · Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

The largest wooden schooner ever built went down with her entire crew in a 1924 gale off Cape Cod's Pollock Rip.

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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

Launched in 1909 at Bath, Maine, Wyoming was the largest wooden six-masted schooner ever built to carry cargo. On the night of March 10-11, 1924, loaded with coal, she was caught in a violent gale near Pollock Rip off Chatham and went down with all 14 hands. The wreck, broken amidships, was not located until 2003, nearly eighty years later.

Vessel

Built: 1909
Builder: Percy & Small
Yard: Bath, Maine
Material: Wood
Length: 329.5 ft
Beam: 50.1 ft
Tonnage: 3730
Propulsion: Sail, six masts
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: March 11, 1924
Cause: Storm
Location: Pollock Rip channel, off Chatham (near Monomoy Island), Massachusetts
Water: Atlantic Ocean, Nantucket Sound approach
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Coal
Aboard: 14
Lives lost: 14
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 65-70
Condition: Broken amidships; hull shattered, consistent with grounding in storm troughs.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: 2003
Protection: Treated as a gravesite due to loss of the entire crew.

Position

Coordinates: 41.59° N 69.99° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Monomoy Island, Chatham, Massachusetts
Region: Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals

General area only: coordinate of Monomoy Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)

Exact coordinates and full crew roster are not established in the sources reviewed.

Cape Cod Times
Discovery of the wreck in 2003, dimensions, and loss narrative.
wreckhunter.net (Hunting New England Shipwrecks)
Vessel specifications and loss details.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (via MyTopo) — Monomoy Island (historical)
coordinate of the named place of loss (near Monomoy Island)