Show THE FIRST LITTLE SHIPS S the crossing of the atlantic by three adventurous american in a 35 5 foot yawl is reminiscent of f ancient deep sea voyaging of yankee sail sa flormen ormen in ill small craft some ot of these exploits are recounted in hii a 1 study ot of americas Af merchant erchant marine amrine byl byi the dankers bankers trust co of f new york big profits realized on cargoes brought from remote ends 0 tile the earth stirred the centi century iry spirit of seafaring scafa ring enterprise in early days the perils of the sea were regularly braved in what would now bo be considered dangerously small vessels tile tho Alay mayflower flower was only a ton ship when governor winthrop built a vessel at medford in 1631 it was a 30 ton bark the blessing lessing Il ot of the bay joshua raynes built a sloop at hath bath in 1762 and later when his yard turned out ia a schooner of tons costing it was considered a great undertaking for that period some idea of the kind ot of craft that bied tile the hardy race of american mariners marinero ma is afforded by the shipbuilding bull dinK record for 1720 in that year I 1 SD vessels of a total cornage tonnage of tons wore were constructed this average little 0 oter 50 tons per philp after remaining dormant tor for halt half a century the american seafaring spirit is again awakening and with th a proper understanding of 0 merchant marine problems by the people and the he helpful operation cooperation co of the government ern ment the U S will again take its place pace as one of the great shipping nations of the world think of the our modern to ton ships as compared to ta the goton GO 60 ton ships of 1769 |