Clise was a four master schooner built in 1904 in United States and sailed for both Norwegian and American companies.

[1][2][3][4][5][excessive citations] J. W. Clise was abandoned in the 1940 Louisiana hurricane and the wreck is situated at between 2637 and 2762 metres in the Gulf of Mexico.

[11] In 1917 it was bought by the Norwegian company «A/S Porsgrunds Motor & Seil»[12] owned by H. Chr.

[1][4] The schooner was later in the 1920s bought by Putnam Lumber Company in Shamrock (Florida) who sold it in 1939.

J. W. Clise was built in 1904 in Ballard, Washington state, United States at the shipyard Globe Navigation Co.[4][5] In January 1909 she sailed from San Francisco to Cape Flattery in 3 days which the owners regarded as remarkable.

[13] In 1911 or 1912 she was owned by a US company when a captain Noonan was passenger from Port Townsend to Chile.

[11] The schooner came from Mukilteo on the Pacific coast and arrived at Otago, New Zealand with lumber in September 1916.

[6] The schooners logs for the period 11 March 1908 to 13 August 1910 is with the National Archives in Seattle, Washington, United States.