84 BULIvETIN 127, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The model has a round, full bow ; long, " barrel bottom," with 

 round easy bilge ; good run ; square stern ; rather strong sheer ; curved 

 stem ; painted in the stjde that vessels of this class were painted when 

 the model was made. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 91 feet; beam, molded, 

 22 feet ; depth, molded, 9 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 

 Gift of William P. Pattee. Cat. No. 76,070 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of merchant brig. 



The brig Powhatan.^ of Newburyport, Mass., was built from this 

 model at Newbury in 1829, and the brig Pocahontas was built 

 from it at the same place in 1830. These vessels Avere emploA^ed in 

 the carrying trade between Europe and the United States. They 

 were owned by John N. Gushing, sr., a noted merchant of Newbury- 

 port, and were the pioneer vessels of the famous fleet of square-rigged 

 brigs owned by this gentleman, and emploj^ed chieflj^ in the trans- 

 Atlantic trade. 



The model has a full, bluff bow; wall side: low bilge; long, nearly 

 fiat floor : short, full run ; rather small, square stern ; straight on top. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 113 feet; beam, molded, 

 25 feet; depth, molded, 18 feet; tonnage, 268 old measurement. 

 Scale of model, one-fourth inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of John N. Gushing. Gat. No. 76,060 TJ.S.N.M. 



Block model of " kettle-bottom " merchant brig. 



The square-rigged brig Palos., of Newburyport, Mass., was built 

 from this model at the adjoining town of Newbur}^ in 1832. There 

 is authority for stating that a dozen or more other brigs were built 

 from the same model at later dates, these ranging in size from 270 

 to 299 tons (old measurement), and in date of construction from 

 1833 to 1845. Among them were the Carthage .^ Athens., Corinth^ 

 James Gray., Nicholas.^ James Gaskie., Ark^ Massachusetts^ Salisbury, 

 /Smith, Tuttle, and Keying, the latter being the last one built from 

 this design. These constituted the one-time famous Gushing's fleet 

 of " kettle-bottom " brigs. 



The Palos was a wooden, carvel-built, keel vessel, with very full 

 bluff bow, nearly square above, but hollow near forefoot; long, low, 

 flat floor; rather short turn to bilge; high, straight, tumble-in side; 

 extremel}^ short run; no overhang to counter; heavy, square stern; 

 sternpost rakes slightly; stem straight and nearly vertical, except 

 at forefoot, where it curves; model painted like the vessel. 



Dime7isions of vessel. — Tonnage (old measurement), 277; length 

 over all, 109 feet ; beam, 24 feet ; depth, 20 feet. Scale of model, one- 

 fourth inch equals 1 foot. 



