"yanky" as applied to ships

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> The privateer "Yankee Hero"

What sort of ship was the "Yankee Clipper"?

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