Alfred "Centennial" Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfred "Centennial" Johnson
American sailor
Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1846
Place of Birth: Denmark
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1927
Profession: fisher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Alfred "Centennial" Johnson
- Alfred "Centennial" Johnson (1846–1927) was a Danish-born fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
- In 1876, in a 20-foot (6.1 m) sailing dory, he made the first recorded single-handed crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Abercastle in west Wales as a celebration of the first centennial of the United States.
- Local author Rob Morris has also written a book about the crossing called Alfred "Centennial" Johnson.Johnson's dory, Centennial, is now in the collection of the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
- It is frequently displayed alongside Howard Blackburn's sloop Great Republic, a vessel which was also used in a single-handed trans-Atlantic crossing.
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