Red Jacket: The Life and Times of a Maine Clipper Ship. Of more than 350 American Clipper Ships, Red Jacket, designed by Samuel Pook and built by Deacon George Thomas at Rockland, Maine, in 1853, was one of the fastest and most attractive of them all. Her maiden voyage from New York to Liverpool established a record for ships under sail that has never been equaled. (429 Pages, Paperback).