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high floor; short turn to bilge; long, finely-shaped run, with round 

 stern and a long, overhanging counter. The vessel has a graceful 

 sheer on top ; its greatest beam is at or a little abaft of amidships, 

 from which point it gradually tapers toward either end. The stem 

 is straight and nearly vertical above water, curved and sloping to the 

 keel below the water line. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 88 feet; between perpen- 

 diculars, 82 feet; beam, 16 feet; depth, 7 feet 9^ inches; gross ton- 

 nage, 55.09 ; net tonnage, 27.55. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 



Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,031 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of steam yacht. 



This model, designed by D. J. Lawlor in 1884 for a large schooner- 

 rigged auxiliary steam yacht, is very graceful in form and is a fine 

 example of the most advanced ideas for such vessels at the period 

 in which it was made. 



The yacht has a long, sharp bow, with slightly hollow under- 

 water lines; high, rising floor, with a little hollow, quick bilge, a 

 trifle tumble in to top side; long, finely shaped run; long, overhang- 

 ing counter; narrow, round " fantail " stem. She has a curved stem 

 and projecting cutwater or " long head." The model is mounted on 

 board with stem, stub-bowsprit, keel, sternpost, and a balance rudder 

 attached. The latter is hung to a skag that projects from the keel. 



DiTnensions of vessel. — Length over all, 160 feet; extreme beam, 

 28 feet; depth, 15 feet. Scale of model, three-eighths inch equals 

 1 foot. 

 Gift of D. J. Lawlor. Cat. No. 76,042 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of steam yacht. 



The steam yacht Princess was built on the lines of this model in 

 1890 at Boston, Mass. 



The Princess was a single-screw-propeller vessel, with long, sharp 

 bow; stem straight and nearly vertical above water, curved below; 

 sharp floor; round bilge; long, easy run, with skag; overhanging 

 elliptical stern ; moderate sheer. 



Dimensions of yacht. — ^Length, for tonnage, 76 feet 5 inches; 

 beam, 15 feet 2^ inches; depth, 6 feet 5 inches. Scale of model, three- 

 fourths inch equals 1 foot. 



The Princess is a typical representative of a large number of 

 small schooner-rigged screw steam yachts built in the United States 

 in the last two decades of the nineteenth century. 



Cat. No. 76, 301 U.S.N.M. 



