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A single-screw, brig-rigged steamship; long, sharp bow, with 

 concave water lines; stem straight and vertical above water, curved 

 below; low floor; easy bilge; long, finely-formed run; overhanging 

 round stern; moderate sheer; whalebacked forward and aft; deck 

 houses, pilot house, bridge, etc., between masts ; six boats on davits ; 

 open rails. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 246 feet 9 inches; beam, 

 28 feet 4 inches; depth, 17 feet 3 inches; foremast, above deck, 51 

 feet ; foretopmast, heel to truck, 36 feet ; f oreyard, 49 feet, 4 inches ; 

 foretopgallant yard, 38 feet 3 inches; mainmast, above deck, 53 feet 

 3 inches ; maintopmast, 36 feet 9 inches ; maingaff, 34 feet 4 inches ; 



FIG. 11.- — -STEAMSHIP " SAVANXAH." 



boats, 19 feet, 4 inches long, 3 feet, 9 inches wide. Scale of model 



one-fourth inch equals 1 foot. 



Gift of Neafie & Levy. Cat. No. 160,201 U.S.N.M. 



Model of steamboat " Robert F. Stockton." 



This was the first steam vessel with iron hull or screw propeller 

 to cross the Atlantic. She was built at the Birkenhead Iron Works, 

 England, in 1838, and fitted with Ericsson's screw propeller. She 

 was one of the first screw steamers ever constructed. Before sailing 

 she was rigged as a schooner ; her propeller was unshipped and the 

 voyage across the Atlantic was made under canvas from Liverpool 

 to New York. She was emploj^ed for many years as a tugboat. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 63 feet 5 inches; width, 

 10 feet; depth, 7 feet; tonnage, 33 ; horsepower, 30. Scale of model, 

 one-tenth of an inch equals 1 foot. 



