From collection Ed Coffin Collection
ERSKINE M. PHELPS
Ship ERSKINE M. PHELPS a steel four-masted barque launched in 1898 by Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME, under the command of Captain Robert J. Graham. Starboard deck view: American made replica of Engish "steel box". On November 3, 1942 requisitioned by the U.S. Navy (USN) as USS Erskine M. Phelps (YON-147). During early 1943, Erskine M. Phelps was towed to the South Pacific and operated in Tulagi Harbor refueling Allied warships and vessels.Sunk by the Navy off Manus Island in 1945.
