Carnegie (yacht)
yacht Carnegie (1909-1929) sailing for the Carnegie Institution for Science of Washington, D.C., on her first scientific / research magnetic surveying cruise | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Carnegie |
| Owner | Carnegie Institution for Science (Washington, D.C.) |
| Builder | Tebo Yacht Yard, (Brooklyn, New York) |
| Cost | US$115,000 |
| Launched | June 12, 1909 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire November 29, 1929 |
| Notes | Designed by Henry J. Gielow |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 323 tons |
| Displacement | 568 tons |
| Length | 155 ft 6 in (47.40 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Installed power | 150 horsepower |
| Propulsion | Producer gas engine |
| Sail plan | Brigantine |
Carnegie was a brigantine-rigged sailing yacht, equipped as a scientific research vessel, constructed almost entirely from wood and other non-magnetic materials to allow sensitive magnetic measurements to be taken for the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at their headquarters in Washington, D.C. She carried out a series of cruises from her launch in 1909 to her unfortunate destruction by an onboard explosion and fire while in port in 1929. She covered almost 300,000 miles (500,000 km) in her twenty years at sea in the cause of scientific knowledge.
The Carnegie Rupes on the planet Mercury are named after this research vessel.