The West Point (sometimes Westpoint[1]) was a full rigged vessel built in the 1840s and used for the transportation of goods, passengers and mail to and from Liverpool and New York.
West Point was built in 1847[1] by Westervelt and MacKay, a company that acquired renown by constructing streamlined clipper ships and fast steamships.
[4][5] West Point was built of southern live oak[1] despite the fact use of iron had started to catch on in the building of ships – especially in the United Kingdom.
Based on the remaining passenger lists,[7] it was possible to determine that, within the 16 years the full-rigged sailing vessel West Point was in service, at least seven captains were the ship's masters.
Listed below is a summary of all verifiable passages from Liverpool, with the arrival dates in New York City (assigned to the relative captains):