First female commander of an American merchant vessel
Born
April 6, 1837
Died
March 18, 1861(1861-03-18) (aged 23)
Spouse
Joshua Patten
Children
Joshua Patten
Mary Ann Brown Patten or Patton (April 6, 1837 – March 18, 1861) was the first female commander of an American merchant vessel. She was the wife of Joshua Patten, captain of the merchant clipper ship Neptune’s Car. The ship was bound around Cape Horn from New York towards San Francisco when Joshua Patten collapsed from fatigue in 1856. His wife took command for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and successfully managed to navigate the clipper ship into San Francisco.[1][2] At the time of docking, she was 19 years old and eight months pregnant with her only child.[3][4]
^"Mary Patten: A Heroine of the Seas". The Mariners' Museum. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
^Furey, Lauren T. "Patten Down the Hatches!". Mariners' Museum and Park. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^"A Heroine Arrived--The Young Wife who took Neptune's Car around Cape Horn". The New York Times. 1857-02-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^Mary Patten, 19 and Pregnant, Takes Command of a Clipper Ship in 1856 (story updated in 2021) www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com, accessed 12 September 2021
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