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BULLETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



An important object sought in her design was the production of a 

 new type of fishing vessel — one that would be much safer and in other 

 respects better adapted to successfully meet the exigencies which must 

 be met by schooners employed in the ocean fisheries. In model and 

 rig she is a radical departure from vessels engaged in the New Eng- 

 land fisheries prior to her advent, and her superiority in safety, speed, 

 and other desirable qualities has been fully established. 



She differs from the typical fishing schooner in being 18 to 24 

 inches deeper ; in having 6 to 10 inches less beam, and an easier after- 



PIG. 4. U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES SCHOONER " GRAMPUS." 



section. She has less proportional width aft ; greater rake at stern ; 

 and pilot-boat bow, with straight stem above water. Her extreme 

 draft is 11 feet. 



The principal features of the GraTuvpus have been copied by New 

 England builders. Nearly all of the fishing vessels recently built 

 are deeper than formerly, and many of them have straight stems. 

 The spirit of improvement has received such an impetus that the best 

 skill of the most eminent naval architects has of late been devoted 

 to designing fishing vessels. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76,259 U.S.N.M. 



Model of schooner. 



The schooner Flying Fish was one of the squadron of vessels of 

 the Wilkes exploring expedition, which sailed from the United 

 States in 1838. 



