Anchor of the NAHUM CHAPIN

On August 28th, 2016, the Quogue Library held a Ceremony in which the original anchor of the Three Masted Schooner NAHUM CHAPIN was placed on a brand new pedestal after a complete restoration.

The Ship was wrecked off the Quogue Beach on January 21, 1897, during a Northeaster with 50 MPH winds recorded. In the USLSS Annual report of 1897, the wreck was considered “one of the most deplorable disasters of the year”, with a loss of the entire crew of nine. Multiple rescue attempts were made from shore with the Lyle “line” Canon, but despite the valiant efforts of the Surfmen from the Quogue, Tiana, and Potunk Stations, the “calamity was as swift as it was overwhelming” as within an hour of responding, the “wreck lay in fragments at their feet”.