Bcilder's Half-Model of Clipper Ship Mounted Against Mirror to Show Deck Arrangement. I'oung 

 America, USNM 1 60 135. (Smit/uoiuan photo 20ji!j.) 



and 1836 tons register. Scale of model is ,'3 inch to 

 the foot. 



Given by William H. Webb, shipbuilder, New York 

 City. 



CLIPPER SHIP, 1853 



Builder's Half-Model, usnm 160135 



Young America 



This decorati\'e half-model of the American clipper 

 ship Toung America is a duplicate of the original build- 

 er's half-model, complete with deck furniture and 

 bulwarks. The figurehead, mouldings, cutwater, 

 keel, post, rudder and stern carvings are shown. The 

 model is mounted on a mirror. 



The I'oung America, built in New York City by W^il- 

 liam H. Webb in 1853, was one of the most celebrated 

 of American clipper ships. Employed in the Cali- 

 fornia and Australian trades, carrying freight and 

 passengers out of New York and Liverpool, the I'oung 

 America made five passages from San Francisco to 

 New York in from 83 to 92 days and five passages in 

 from 97 to 101 days. The run from New York to Liv- 

 erpool was made in 18 days and the return voyage in 

 23 days. Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia, was 

 made in 81 days and runs from Liverpool to San Fran- 

 cisco in 102, 103, 105, and 106 days. 



This ship was heavily sparred and canvassed; her 

 lines and sail plan are in William H. Webb's Plans of 

 Wooden Ships. 



The model shows a clipper ship having a moderate 

 and graceful sheer, straight keel with slight drag, the 

 stem rabbet raking and flaring, vertical post, a short, 

 light, round counter, the entrance long and sharp and 

 somewhat hollow at forefoot, the run very long and 

 fine. The bow sections show strong flare. The mid- 

 section is large, formed with slightly rising straight 



floor carried well out, a full-round bilge, and slight 

 tumble-home in the topsides. 



The model is for a ship of 236 feet 6 inches between 

 perpendiculars, 42 feet extreme beam, 28 feet 3 inches 

 depth, and 1962 tons register. The deadrise amid- 

 ships is 2 inches to the foot. Scale of model is ]i inch 

 to the foot. 



Given bv William H. Webb, shipbuilder. New York 

 City. 



MERCHANT SHIP, 1853 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76062 



Jobn N. Ci/sbing 



The full-rigged merchant ship John N. Cushing of 

 Newburyport, Massachusetts, was built at that port 

 in 1853 on this half-model and was intended for the 

 general ocean-freighting trade. She was employed 

 for some years in the New England, West Indies, and 

 Europe trade. John N. Cushing, Sr., who owned 

 the fleet of merchant vessels to which this ship be- 

 longed, was a firm believer in full-bodied carriers and 

 continued to build such ships, even though they were 

 out of date, and in spite of their slow sailing, well into 

 the clipper-ship period. Five ships were built for the 

 Cushing fleet on this half-model. 



The half-model shows a very burdensome wooden 

 merchantman, deep and narrow, rather straight in 

 sheer, straight keel with little or no drag, upright stem 

 rabbet with small rounded forefoot, nearly vertical 

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

 stern with low cross seain, short and very bluff en- 

 trance, long body, short and heavy run, some flare in 

 bow sections. The midsection is well forward and is 

 formed with slightly rising floor, round firm bilge, and 

 is wall sided above. The beam at rail is carried well 

 into the ends. 



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