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sloop rigged, with loose footed gaff mainsail, and jib set on stay 

 going to stem head. Single screw propeller. 



Dhnensions of vessel. — Length over all, 80 feet; beam, 18 feet: 

 depth, 7 feet; mast, deck to truck, 60 feet; gaff, 20 feet; mainsail: 

 on foot, 62 feet; luff, 36 feet; head, 18 feet 6 inches; leach, 59 feet; 

 jib: luff. 47 feet; leach. 15 feet; foot, 15 feet. Scale of model, one- 

 half inch equals 1 foot. Cat. Xo. 76,210 U.S.X.M. 



Model of steam schooner. 



The steam schooner Royal, of which this model is a miniature, 

 was built at Benecia, Calif., in 1891. She was one of the fleet of 

 small auxiliary steam schooners employed in the Alaskan salmon 

 fishery, chiefly in transporting fresh salmon from the fishing grounds 

 to the canneries. The pole masts and leg-of-mutton mainsail are 

 characteristic features of schooners fishing in Alaskan waters. 



The Royal is a wooden, carvel-built, screw steamer, with sharp 

 bow ; curved raking stem ; rising floor ; fine run ; overhanging, ellip- 

 tical stern ; good sheer ; two-bladed screw propeller ; fitted with deck 

 houses, companionways to cabin forecastle, etc. ; quarter-deck flush 

 with main rail and about one-third the vessel's length; open rail 

 around the quarter, made of wire rope passing through iron stan- 

 chions; boat hung to davits amidships on starboard side. 



Dhnensions of vessel. — Length over all, 81 feet; beam, 20.6 feet; 

 depth, 8.2 feet ; net tonnage, 29.51 ; mainmast, deck or truck, 56 feet ; 

 foremast, deck or truck, 56 feet; bowsprit, outboard, 13 feet; main 

 boom, 44 feet ; f oregaff . 16 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 

 1 foot. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries.* Cat. Xo. 76,238 U.S.N.M. 



Model of fishing steamer. 



The oj-ster steamer JeremiaK Swift, of Xew Haven, Conn., was 

 built in 1885 at West Haven, Conn. She is one of the largest and 

 finest vessels of this class; constructed for the special purpose of 

 prosecuting the oyster fishery and the cultivation of oysters in Long 

 Island Sound, in which industry quite a large fleet of steamers is 

 engaged. 



This vessel is wide and rather flat, with moderately sharp bow 

 and low, rounding bilge ; rather short run ; large deck houses ; iron 

 rollers and reels for operating dredges; chafing chocks on sides, etc. 

 The vessel is a single-screw propeller, and will steam about 7 or 8 

 knots. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Gross tonnage, 113.38; net tonnage, 66.68. 

 Length over all, 72 feet; extreme beam, 24 feet; draft, 6 feet. 

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

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. Xo. 76,239 U.S.X.:\I. 



