Wyoming was a wooden six-masted schooner built and completed in 1909 by the firm of Percy & Small in Bath, Maine.[1] With a length of 450 ft (140 m) from jib-boom tip to spanker boom tip, Wyoming was the largest known wooden ship ever built.[4]
The Percy & Small shipyard is part of the Maine Maritime Museum, by a fortuitous series of events. So I and my wife took the tour. Ticket is good for two days. I spent only one day, would spend two next time.
About 1909, schooners were being fazed out, being replaced by steam ships.
They said these particular schooners were designed to carry freight up and down the east coast. The arrangement of sails was set up for these winds and routes.
They also said the expected life was about 7 to 10 years. They would regularly shipwreck as part of their route.
The Maritime Museum covers a lot of maritime history, not just the schooner part.
Recommended by me, a desert dweller.