Sabino (steamer)
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Sabino (pronounced Sah-BYE-No) is a small wooden, coal-fired steamboat built in 1908 and located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only two surviving members of the American mosquito fleet, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.[2][3] It is America's oldest regularly operating coal-powered steamboat.[4]
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United States | |
Namesake | Abenaki sagamore Sabenoa |
Owner | Mystic Seaport |
Builder | W. Irving Adams |
Launched | 1908 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 25 |
Length | 57 ft (17 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 11 in (6.68 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Installed power | Paine compound two-cylinder steam engine OR two C2.2T CAT marine generators |
Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Capacity | 72 |
Crew | 3 |
Sabino (steamer) | |
Location | Mystic, Connecticut |
Coordinates | 41°21′39″N 71°58′2″W |
Built | 1908 |
Architect | H. Irving Adams |
Part of | Mystic Bridge Historic District (ID79002671) |
NRHP reference No. | 92001887 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 5 October 1992[1] |
Designated NHL | 5 October 1992[2] |
Designated CP | August 31, 1979 |
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