Young America (clipper)

Young America
History
United States
Owner	George B. Daniels, New York
Builder	William H. Webb, New York
Cost	$140,000
Launched	1853
United States
Owner	Abram Bell's Sons, 1860; Robert L. Taylor, c. 1865; George Howes & Co., New York and San Francisco, c. 1870; John Rosenfeld, San Francisco, 1880
Austria-Hungary
Owner	Austman of Buccari, Austria
Acquired	Purchased in New York for US $13,500 late in 1883.[1]
In service	Put into the trans-Atlantic case oil trade.
Renamed	Miroslav
Fate	Disappeared, 1886
General characteristics
Class and type	Three-masted extreme clipper
Tons burthen	1439 tons (old measurement), 1380 (new measurement)
Length	243 ft.
Beam	43 ft. 2 in.
Draft	26 ft. 9 in.[2]

The Young America was built by William H. Webb of New York. She was launched in 1853, at the height of the clipper construction boom. She sailed in the California trade, on transatlantic routes, and made voyages to Australia and the Far East.