moulded beam, 16 feet 9 inches moulded depth, 

 20-inch hollow in the tumble-home topsides, and 

 carried 460 tons of cargo on a draft of 14 feet to the 

 keel rabbet. Scale of the model is ■% inch to the foot. 

 Given by William P. Pattee, shipbuilder, Bath, 

 Maine. 



MERCHANT BARK, 1851 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76059 



Hesper 



The bark-rigged merchant vessel Hesper was built 

 on this model at Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1851 

 for John N. Gushing of that port. She was a kettle 

 bottom and was employed in the European trade. 

 Like the rest of her type she was a very large carrier 

 but slow and unhandy, though reputedly profitable 

 for her owner. 



The half-model is of a very burdensome ship having 

 very little sheer, a straight keel with no drag, upright 

 stem rabbet with small, rounded forefoot, nearly up- 

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

 square stern, short full entrance and run, and a very 

 long body. The midsection has a slightly rising 

 straight floor, round firm bilge, a marked tumble- 

 home, with the topside straight rather than concave. 

 The Hesper was short, deep, and narrow. 



The model scales 128 feet moulded length at rail, 

 25 feet moulded beam, and 21 feet moulded depth. 

 Scale is ){ inch to the foot. 



Given by John N. Gushing of Newburyport, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



MERCHANT BARK, 1854 

 Builders Half-Model, usnm 76114 



Crusader 



The bark-rigged merchantman Crusader was built on 

 this model at Millbridge, Maine, in 1854 for the 

 European trade. She belonged to that class of sailing 

 vessels sometimes called half clippers, having good 

 capacity and some pretension to fast sailing. The 

 Crusader, cost $85,000 to build and fit for sea; she was 

 a well finished vessel and profitable in her trade, al- 

 though too full in the run to be very swift. She was 

 engaged in general ocean freighting and was finally 

 burned at sea on a voyage between Rio de Janeiro 

 and London. 



The half-model shows a vessel having a rather 

 straight sheer, straight keel with little or no drag, 

 rounded stem rabbet becoming straight and vertical 

 above the load line, upright post, round tuck, upper- 



and-lower-transom scjuare stern with little overhang, 

 short and rather sharp entrance, short and full run, 

 and a long body. The midsection shows a slightly 

 rising straight floor and a rather hard bilge, and is 

 wall sided above. The bow flares strongly. 



The model scales 216 feet moulded length at rail, 

 28 feet moulded beam, and 19 feet moulded depth. 

 Scale is ]{ inch to the foot. 



Given by Captain Austin Dyer. 



MERCHANT BARK, 1877 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76134 



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The bark-rigged merchant vessel Julia was built on 

 this model in 1877 at Ellsworth, Maine, for local 

 owners and was intended for general ocean freighting, 

 an example of the smaller class of Maine-built down- 

 Easters that followed the clipper-ship period, com- 

 bining good capacity with beauty and speed. Vessels 

 of this type for many years competed successfully, 

 with the early, iron tramp steamers. 



The half-model shows a merchant vessel having 

 marked sheer, a straight keel with little drag, curved 

 and raking stem rabbet, vertical post, short counter 

 with elliptical transom, moderately sharp convex 

 entrance, long, fine and well-shaped run, and a good 

 length of body. The midsection shows a slightly 

 ri.sing straight floor and a well rounded bilge, and is 

 rather wall sided above. 



Mounted with long head, cutwater, keel, post, and 

 rudder. 



The model .scales 164 feet moulded length at rail. 

 The vessel was 155 feet 1 inch between perpendiculars, 

 34 feet extreme beam, 20 feet 1 inch depth of hold, 

 and the net tonnage was 758.18. Scale of the model 

 is )'i6 inch to the foot, unusually small for a fiuilder's 

 half-model. 



Given by Isaac M. Grant. 



MERCHANT BARK, 1878 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76095 



Albemarle 



The half-clipper bark Albemarle of Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, was built on this model by William Skinner and 

 Sons of that city for Messrs. Wedbee and Dickerson. 

 She was launched June 19, 1878. The Albemarle had 

 wire-rope standing rigging and improved fittings; she 

 was considered an advanced design when launched. 

 Though economic conditions in the American ship- 

 ping trades had, before 1860, brought an end to the 



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