TYPE OF SHIP: Survey ship
LENGTH: 133 feet
BEAM: 31 feet
DRAFT: 9 feet 3 inches
PROPULSION: steam engine, sidewheel
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LOSS
Early on the morning of 21 June 1860, the Robert J. Walker had completed her most recent hydrographic survey work and was bound from Norfolk, Virginia, to New York City in rough seas and a crew of 72 and the wife of the executive officer aboard. At 02:20, a commercial schooner , identified as the Fanny by the Robert J. walker's crew, collided with her.
The Walker sank in less than 30 minutes off the coast of New Jersey about 12 nautical miles southeast of the Absecon Inlet Light, with a loss of 20 men.
--Old B-Runner
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