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In hull and rig this model represents the typical fishing smacks of 

 southern New England, from which the Key West schooners have 

 been copied. 



The boat was a carvel-built, wooden keel vessel, with sharp bow; 

 rising floor; long run; wide square stern; flush deck; moderate 

 sheer ; large cabin trunk aft ; well amidships : hatches, etc. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 68 feet; beam, 19 feet; 

 depth, 6 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



This type of fishing vessel was first introduced in the Florida 

 fisheries by New England fishermen. Subsequently they were built 

 of native woods at Key "West. They were profitably employed in 

 supplying the market of Havana, Cuba, with live fish until the tariff 

 on such products was made practically prohibitive. 

 Deposited In' the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76.257 U.S.N.M. 



Model of schooner. 



The schooner City of Key ^Vest was built for the sponge fisher}' at 

 Key West, Fla., in 1884. She is a typical representative of the 

 modern, shallow centerboard schooners employed in taking sponges 

 along the Florida coast, for which fishery light draft vessels are 

 required. 



The City of Key West is a carvel-built wooden vessel, with sharp 

 bow, rather flat floor ; easy run ; flat counters and round stern ; shal- 

 low keel ; deep centerboard. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Tonnage length. -41.3 feet; depth, 3.5 feet; 

 net tonnage, 12.86. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 

 Deposited ]>y the Bureau of Fisheries. Cat. No. 76.261 U.S.N.M. 



Model of pungy. 



The schooner W. F. McKeicen is a typical oyster " pungj' '■ of the 

 Chesapeake Bay region, where hundreds of such vessels are em- 

 ployed. She was built in 1865 and was engaged in dredging oysters 

 for many years. 



The McKeicen is a carvel-built, wooden, keel vessel, with moder- 

 ately sharp flaring bow; curved, strongly raking stem; long head; 

 sharp floor ; long, lean run ; shallow, square stern ; raking sternpost ; 

 flush deck; log rail, except aft of main rigging, where there is an 

 open quarter rail; rollers on rail amidships for dredge rope to pass 

 over; tj-pical schooner rig. Model equipped with oyster dredges, 

 winches, etc. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all. 68 feet; beam. 20 feet 9 

 inches; depth, 7 feet. Scale of model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



The builders at Baltimore and other ports on the Chesapeake began 

 the construction of sharp vessels much earlier than elsewhere on the 



