The Fleetwing was a 19th-century wooden yacht schooner, built in 1865 by Joseph D. Van Deusen and owned by yachtsman George Archer Osgood.

[1][2] She was 112 tons burden, keel boat, and 106 length on deck; 24-foot beam and 10-feet depth of hold.

[5] In May 1866, Fleetwing underwent a complete overhaul to get ready for an ocean yacht race for a purse of $90,000.

The Fleetwing, with Captain Thomas in command, had eight of her twenty-two crew washed overboard in a westerly gale on December 20.

[10] [11][12][13][14] In 1884, The schooner yacht Fleetwing was owned by Robert Elliot, who rebuilt and lengthened her at Port Jefferson, New York.

She was then bought by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and fitted as a gospel ship for religious work among the sailors.