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. In drydock. 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.
