them rigid and secure, and must be removed to take 

 off the Hnes. 



The half-model represents a vessel of very moderate 

 sheer, having a straight keel with moderate or little 

 drag, slightly raking stem rabbet curved below the 

 load line, slightly raking post, round tuck, upper-and- 

 lower-transom square stern, short and full entrance, 

 long body, and a short and rather full run. The mid- 

 section has a moderately rising straight floor, a low, 

 well rounded and easy bilge, and a slight tumble- 

 home in the topside. The head and cutwater are 

 short and heavy. 



The model is for a vessel 78 feet moulded length at 

 rail, 22 feet moulded beam, and 10 feet 8 inches 

 moulded depth to rail cap. Scale of the model is % 

 inch to the foot. 



Given by G. R. Campbell and Company. 



MERCHANT BRIGANTINE, 1852 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76131 



Iscarion 



The brigantine Iscarion was built on this model by 

 Hamen Cousins at Trenton (now Lamoine), Maine, 

 in 1852 for the general coasting and West Indian 

 trades. The low-decked vessel was particularly 

 designed to carry lumber. The vessel is an excellent 

 example of the small brigantines employed in the 

 coastal trades in the 1850's out of Maine ports. 



The half-model is of a brigantine hull having mod- 

 erate sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, curved 

 and raking stem rabbet, slightly raking post, round 

 tuck, raking flat transom, square stern, moderately 

 full entrance with flaring bow sections, no deadflat, 

 and a rather short but easy run. The midsection has 

 a slightly rising straight floor, a round, easy bilge, and 

 a slight tumble-home in the topside. 



Mounted with short and rather heavy head, cut- 

 water, keel, post and rudder; a short quarter deck and 

 rather deep bulwarks are indicated. 



The model is for a brigantine 89 feet 8 inches 

 moulded length at rail, 23 feet 8 inches moulded 

 beam, and 9 feet moulded depth, about 198 tons 

 register, old measurement. Scale of the model is 

 ]i inch to the foot. 



Given by C. L. Young. 



MERCHANT BRIGANTINE, 1852 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76141 



Abby Watson 



The trading brigantine Ahby Watson was built on 

 this model at Sedgwick. Maine, in 1852 and was 



considered to be a very fine vessel and large for her 

 type when launched. She was employed in the VV^est 

 Indian trade for some years and afterwards was in 

 the lumber trade to South Atlantic ports. She was 

 lost with all hands off Cape Hatteras about 1876. 



The half-model shows a low-decked brigantine 

 having moderate sheer, a straight keel with very 

 slight drag, curved and raking stem rabbet, nearly 

 vertical post, round tuck, raking-transom square 

 stern, a rather sharp entrance with flaring bow sec- 

 tions, short deadflat, and a moderately long but 

 somewhat full run. The midsection shows a slightly 

 rising straight floor, a round, easy bilge, and a slight 

 tumble-home in the topside. 



Mounted with short heavy head, cutwater, keel, 

 rabbet, and post. A short quarterdeck is indicated. 



The model is for a vessel 109 feet 9]i inches between 

 perpendiculars, 27 feet beam, 9 feet ?))i inches depth, 

 and 213.87 gross tons register. Scale of the model is 

 Jo inch to the foot. 



Given by Joshua Watson, shipbuilder, Sedgwick, 

 Maine. 



MERCHANT BRIGANTINE, 1852 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 160123 



A merchant brigantine, name unknown, was built 

 on this model at Bath, Maine, in 1852 for the West 

 Indian and coastal trades. The half-model illustrates 

 a popular hull form in this class of vessel in the period 

 1840-55, having good capacity and fair sailing quali- 

 ties. This type of vessel had a short, high quarterdeck 

 at rail-cap height. 



The half-model shows a brigantine having moder- 

 ate sheer, a straight keel with little drag, curved and 

 raking stem rabbet flaring somewhat at the top, nearly 

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

 square stern, short and full entrance with strong flare 

 in the bow sections, and a moderate length of body 

 and run, the latter somewhat full. The midsection is 

 formed with some rise in the straight floor, a low, full 

 round bilge, and a moderate tumble-home in the 

 topside. 



Mounted with a short, hea\-y head and cutwater, 

 keel, post, and rudder. 



The model is for a vessel 90 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length at rail, 22 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and 8 

 feet moulded depth to deck. Scale of the model is 

 % inch to the foot. 



Given by William P. Pattee, shipbuilder, Bath, 

 Maine. 



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