William F. Garms
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 300px | Ship caption = William F. Garms at anchor, Washington, ca. 1900 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship name = William F. Garms | Ship owner = Sanders & Kirchmann; Olson & Mahony, San Francisco; Rolph Navigation & Coal Co.; L. A. Scott of Mobile | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = C. G. White | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1901 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = Golden State (c. 1913) | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Lost by fire at sea on February 17, 1922 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Four-masted sailing ship | Ship tons burthen = 1,094 tons | Ship length = {{convert|215.5|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|40.7|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|16|ft|abbr=on}}[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StateLibQld_1_142387_Golden_State_%28ship%29.jpg Photo of the Golden State], held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
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William F. Garms was a four-masted schooner built in Everett, Washington, in 1901{{cite book|last=Singer|first=Steven D.|title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&pg=PA42|accessdate=April 25, 2018|year=1998|publisher=Pineapple Press Inc|isbn=9781561641635|page=42}} by C. G. White.{{cite web |url=http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_bio1.asp?ShipName=William |title=Magellan - Ship Biographies: William F. Garms (schooner) |website=www.cimorelli.com}} She was later renamed Golden State.
According to the notes written on the back of the ca. 1900 photo (click on the image to view the writing, purportedly from The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Newell, Gordon, ed., Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966), she veered into the barkentine S. G. Wilder in 1913 as the two were being towed to sea for a race at Port Townsend, Washington. The ship was later dismasted in a storm in January 1914, with the crew taking to a lifeboat and being rescued by the Snohomish, according to the notes. Another source, however, states the dismasting occurred in December 1913. In either case, she was towed to Seattle and repaired by her owner Rolph Navigation & Coal Co., and renamed the Golden State.
The Golden State caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida, on February 17 or 18,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=February 20, 1922 |page=18 |issue=42960 |column=D }} 1922, and was abandoned. She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on February 23.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=February 25, 1922 |page=22 |issue=42965 |column=G }} She subsequently was righted, repaired, and returned to service.
According to the notes, "the Golden State was sold to L.A. Scott of Mobile". She was lost by fire at sea at 29° 29' N, 85° 50' W on February 17, 1922, the crew being rescued.
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External links
- [http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/39760/wilhelm-hester-the-four-masted-schooner-william-f-garms-american-1910/ Photo of "The four masted schooner William F. Garms"] in the J. Paul Getty Museum
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Category:Schooners of the United States
Category:Individual sailing vessels