MERCHANT SHIP, 1827 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76126 



L/tcas 



The Lucas, a ship-rigged merchant vessel, was built 

 on this model at Castine, Maine, in 1827, for general 

 ocean freighting, and is typical of the largest class in 

 her trade then popular with New England shipowners. 



The half-model represents a wooden merchant ship 

 having moderate sheer, a straight keel with little 

 drag, nearly upright stem rabbet with well rounded 

 forefoot, upright post, round tuck, upper-and-lower- 

 transom square stern, and a long body with very full 

 rail line forward and a wide stern. The midsection 

 shows a slightly rising straight floor, low and well 

 rounded bilge, and upright topside. The entrance is 

 short and bluff; the bow sections flare heavily. The 

 run is rather long and for so burdensome a hull is 

 quite fine. The midsection is forward of the mid- 

 length of the hull; in general this vessel was designed 

 not for fast sailing but to have large capacity. .Ships 

 of this class and period had deep, heavy heads, usually 

 fitted with a billet, though some had the more expen- 

 sive figurehead. 



The model is for a ship 132 feet 8 inches moulded 



length at rail, 30 feet 8 inches moulded beam, 17 



feet 4 inches moulded depth, and about 290 tons, old 



measurement. Scale of model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by James B. Crawford. 



MERCHANT SHIP, 1830 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76067 



This half-model of a ship-rigged ocean-freighting 

 vessel was made by Samuel Pattee about 1830. A 

 ship, name unknown, was built on it by Thomas 

 Harwood at Bath. Maine; the vessel is said to have 

 been employed largely in the cotton trade between 

 Liverpool, England, and New Orleans and other 

 southern ports. Ships in this trade required large 

 under-deck capacity; speed was not particularly 

 necessary. 



The half-model shows a very burdensome, wooden, 

 ship-rigged merchantman having rather straight 

 sheer, a straight keel with little drag, nearly upright 

 stem rabbet with moderately rounded forefoot, 

 upright post, round tuck, upper-and-lower-transom 

 square stern, long parallel body with full rail line for- 

 ward and a wide stern, a short and very bluff entrance, 

 and a very short and full run. The midsection is well 

 forward of the midlenglh of the hull and is formed 

 with a slight rise in the straight floor, a rather quick, 

 hard bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the topside. 



Rather roughly inade of white pine, the model is 

 painted, and is mounted with a short, heavy head with 

 trails, cutwater, keel, post, and rudder. Ships such 

 as this were dull sailers and were disrespectfully 

 described by sailors as having been "built by the mile 

 and sawn off by the foot." 



The model scales 131 feet moulded length at rail. 

 28 feet moulded beam, and 18 feet moulded depth to 

 rail. Scale is V, inch to the foot. 



Given bv William P. Pattee, shipbuilder, Bath. 

 Maine. 



MERCHANT SHIP, 1836 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76066 



Glasgow 



The ship-rigged merchantman Glasgow of Bath, 

 Maine, was built in that port in 1836 on this model. 

 Glasgow, a typical cotton ship of her date, was em- 

 ployed for many years in the New Orleans-Liverpool 

 trade. In outward appearance these ships often had 

 some resemblance in profile to packet ships, but were 

 usually smaller and had very full lines, so were not the 

 fast sailers that most packets were by this date. 



The half-model sliows a burdensoir.e, wooden vessel 

 having graceful sheer, a straight keel with little drag, 

 upright stem rabbet with rounded forefoot, upright 

 post, round tuck, upper-and-lower-transomsquarestcrn 

 and short quarterdeck. The midsection is well for- 

 ward of midlength and is formed with a slightly rising 

 straight floor, a round, full bilge, and is rather wall 

 sided above, with some tumble-home. The entrance 

 is short and bluff, the run short and full, and the body 

 long and straight sided. 



Mounted with a short, heavy head with billet, trail, 

 cutwater, keel, post, and rudder; the stern carvings and 

 name boards are shown. Painted in the fashion of 

 the period: green (verdigris) bottom, black topsides 

 with three narrow white bead lines, and one broad 

 varnished strake; carvings all gilded as in original ship. 



The model is for a vessel 1 38 feet moulded length as 

 rail, 135 feet between perpendiculars, 31 feet 2 inches 

 beam, 19 feet depth in hold, and 5945^^4 tons regis- 

 ter, old measurement. Scale of model is % inch to 

 the foot. 



Given by William P. Pattee, shipbuilder, and W. F. 

 Weeks of Bath, Maine. 



MERCHANT SHIP, 1850 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76068 



A ship-rigged merchant vessel, name unknown, was 

 built on this model at Bath, Maine, about 1850. The 



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