The ''Thatcher Magoun'' was an extreme clipper launched in 1855. She was built in shipyards on the Mystic River at Medford, Massachusetts by shipbuilder Thatcher Magoun. Magoun died the year she was launched, and the ship was named after him. Noting that the ship's

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resembled Magoun, in his book published in 1937, Hall Gleason described the ship, saying "Her figurehead was a life-like image of the father of ship building on the Mystic".

Voyages

According to Hall Gleason, ''Thatcher Magoun'' made five passages from Boston to San Francisco. For this route, the clipper's fastest journey was completed in 113 days, and its slowest in 152 days. Moreover, in 1869, ''Thatcher Magoun'' made seven passages from New York to San Francisco, averaging 96 days per voyage. On one of its voyages from New York to San Francisco, ''Thatcher Magoun'' carried locomotives CP 88, 89, and 95 for the Central Pacific Railroad company. This voyage began July 10, 1868, and lasted 117 days.

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The New Clipper Ship ''Thatcher Magoun'' of Boston
Individual sailing vessels California clippers Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States Merchant ships of Norway Ships built in Medford, Massachusetts 1855 ships {{Merchantship-stub