Schooner Yacht Henrietta (1861)

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Henrietta, a 170-ton schooner, was built in 1861 as a yacht for James Gordon Bennett, Jr.. He loaned her to the U.S. Treasury Department's Revenue Marine soon after the outbreak of the Civil War and served as her Commanding Officer when she was placed in service in June 1861. Henrietta cruised off Long Island, New York, for several months and by February 1862 had gone south to Port Royal, South Carolina. In early March she participated in the capture of Fernandina, Florida. Henrietta, and her wealthy skipper, returned to civilian life in May 1862. In December 1866, well after the Civil War had ended, Bennett sailed her in a transatlantic race, which they won with a passage of 13 days, 22 hours.

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