N. Gushing and H. Johnson. She was intended for 

 trade to the Pacific Coast, the Columbia River region, 

 and the Northwest Coast. A somewhat smaller vessel 

 than the standard Gushing brig, she was of the same 

 extremely burdensome type that Gushing employed 

 in his own fleet. 



The half-model represents a brig hull having a very 

 slight sheer, straight keel, upright stem rabbet with 

 small rounded forefoot, slightly raking post, round 

 tuck, upper-and-lower transoms, square stern, and 

 a strong flare in the bow sections. The entrance is 

 short and bluff, slightly hollow at the forefoot and 

 becoming almost square across at the rail, the very 

 short run is steep and full, and the body long and 

 parallel. The midsection shows a slightly rising 

 straight floor, firm bilge, and a strong tumble-home 

 in the topside. In general, the half-model represents 

 a slow sailing, burdensome kettle-bottom brig. 



The model scales 97 feet moulded length at rail, 

 20 feet moulded beam, and 12 feet 9 inches moulded 

 depth, and represents a vessel of about 202 register 

 tons, old measurement. Scale is Xe inch to the foot. 



Given by John N. Gushing, Newburyport, 

 Massachusetts. 



BALTIMORE CLIPPER BRIG, 1845 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76064 



This builder's half-model is of an extreme Baltimore 

 clipper brig of the period 1810-45. The model was 

 submitted to John N. Gushing, Sr., in January 1845, 

 as a proposal by a Baltimore builder for the construc- 

 tion of a full-rigged brig for use in the Pacific north- 



west coast trade, the estimated cost being S10,765. 

 Cushing's preference for extremely full-ended vessels 

 probably prevented his accepting the proposal; no 

 vessel was built from this model for the Gushing fleet. 



The half-model is of a flush-decked vessel designed 

 to sail fast in moderate winds and its appearance 

 and size are very similar to those of Baltimore clipper 

 brigs built as privateers in the War of 1812. It repre- 

 sents the older type of Baltimore clipper in which 

 the keel had much drag and the midsection showed 

 a sharp rise in the straight floor. By 1825, at least, 

 the Chesapeake Bay builders were producing for the 

 merchant service brigs and brigantines in which 

 there was litde drag to the keel and only moderate 

 rise in the straight floor at the midsection. This 

 half-model, then, does not represent the most ad- 

 vanced ideas in the design of fast commercial brigs 

 by Maryland builders in 1845 and, indeed, it may 

 actually have been made much earlier than this date. 



The half-model represents a brig having a rather 

 straight sheer, straight keel with very marked drag, 

 slightly curved and strongly raking stem rabbet with 

 well rounded forefoot, sharply raking post, round 

 tuck, and an upper-and-lower-transom square stem 

 with very small overhang. The entrance is long, 

 sharp and slightly convex, and the run is long and 

 fine. The midsection is formed with the sharply 

 rising floor briefly straight near the keel, a slack and 

 well rounded bilge, and a slight tumble-home in the 

 topside, but only above the maindeck level. The 

 bow sections have moderate flare. 



Model is mounted with a stub bowsprit, short and 





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Lines Taken Off Builder's Half-Model USNM 76064, of a Baltimore clipper brig, 1845. Model is for a 

 merchant brig or brigantine but shows a popular type that earlier (1812-15) was used for privateers. 



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