Editing Sailing ship (section)

===Merchant vessel===
Dana described the crew of the merchant brig, [[Pilgrim (brig)|''Pilgrim'']], as comprising six to eight common sailors, four specialist crew members (the steward, cook, carpenter and sailmaker), and three officers: the [[Captain (nautical)|captain]], the [[Chief mate|first mate]] and the [[Second Mate|second mate]]. He contrasted the American crew complement with that of other nations on whose similarly sized ships the crew might number as many as 30.<ref name =:3>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RsqAAAAYAAJ|title=Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative|last=Dana|first=Richard Henry|date=1895|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|pages=11–13|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23|archive-date=2023-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027233150/https://books.google.com/books?id=9RsqAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Larger merchant vessels had larger crews.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|title=The Vital Spark: The British Coastal Trade, 1700–1930|last=Armstrong|first=John|date=2017-12-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781786948960|language=en|access-date=2019-06-23|archive-date=2023-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027233150/https://books.google.com/books?id=lZBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299|url-status=live}}</ref>