Mounted with straight and shghtly raking stem, 

 keel, post and rudder; the model has low bulwarks. 

 Boats of this type had a low, long quarterdeck and 

 a small cockpit aft; the freeboard was low. 



The half-model scales 68 feet 9 inches moulded 

 length at rail, 19 feet moulded beam, and 7 feet 9 

 inches moulded depth to deck at side. Scale is Jo 

 inch to the foot. 



Given by Dennison J. Lawlor, shipbuilder, Chelsea, 

 Massachusetts. 



PILOT SCHOONER, 1867 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76033 



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The Boston pilot schooner Florence was built oci this 

 model in 1867 at East Boston, Massachusetts, by 

 Dennison J. Lawlor. She was of the relatively shoal 

 bodied model that many pilots preferred, believing 

 that shoal draft allowed the vessel to drift, in a storm, 

 so that the hull received less punishment from the 

 seas when hove to. The Florence, very popular at 

 Boston, was a fast and extremely able vessel. 



The half-model represents a pilot-schooner hull 

 having moderate and graceful sheer, low freeboard, 

 a straight keel with heavy drag, slightly rounded fore- 

 foot, straight and slightly raking stem rabbet, nearly 

 upright post, a small overhang at stern formed by a 

 sharply raking V-shaped transom, a long entrance, 

 sharp and slightly concave below the load line, a ad 

 a long, fine and rather straight run. The midsection 

 is formed with a sharply rising and slightly hollow 

 floor, high and firm bilge, and tumble-home in the 

 topside. 



Mounted with a straight and raking stem, keel, post, 

 rudder, and a low bulwark, the model being solid to 

 the deck-at-side height. 



The model is for a vessel 71 feet moulded length at 

 rail, 19 feet moulded beam, and 8 feet 6 inches 

 moulded depth to deck at side. Scale of the model is 

 y, inch to the foot. 



Given by Dennison J. Lawlor, shipbuilder, Chelsea, 

 Massachusetts. 



PILOT SCHOONER, 1868-1869 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76039 



Phantom, Pet 



The sister pilot schooners, Phantom and Pet, were 

 built on this model by Dennison J. Lawlor, at East 

 Boston, Massachusetts, in 1868-1869 for the New 

 York pilots. These schooners were considered models 



for their type and were handsome, able vessels with 

 a great reputation for swiftness under sail. The 

 Phantom was lost with all hands in March 1888; the 

 Pet was wrecked in Narraganset Bay in 1889. 



The half-model represents a pUot-schooner hull 

 having a graceful and strong sheer, low freeboard, 

 straight keel with marked drag, well rounded forefoot, 

 rather upright and curved stem rabbet, nearly upright 

 post, a short overhang at stern formed by sharply 

 raking and V-shaped transom, a long, sharp, and 

 slightly concave entrance, and a long and very fine 

 run. The midsection shows a sharply rising and 

 slightly hollow floor, high and firm bilge, and tumble- 

 home in the topside. 



Model mounted with curved and nearly upright 

 stem, keel, post, rudder, and low bulwark. 



The model is of a pilot-schooner hull 76 feet 6 

 inches moulded length at raU, 19 feet 10 inches 

 moulded beam, and 9 feet 2 inches moulded depth to 

 deck at side. Scale of the model is ]!, inch to the foot. 



Given by Dennison J. Lawlor, shipbuilder, Chelsea, 

 Massachusetts. 



PILOT SCHOONER, 1870 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 



Thomas Hoivard 



The Delaware Bay pilot schooner Thomas Howard 

 was built on this model at Philadelphia in 1870. She 

 was similar in form, size, and general appearance to 

 the vessels used by the New York pilots at the time 

 she was built. The Thomas Howard had a long career 

 in the pilot service and was considered a fine example 

 of her type. 



The half-model represents a pilot schooner having 

 considerable sheer, straight keel with much drag, 

 well curved forefoot with a straight, slightly raking 

 stem rabbet above tlae load waterline. The post is 

 upright, the transom is sharply raking and V- or 

 heart-shaped, with the rudder stock passing through 

 it. The entrance is long, sharp, and hollow; the run 

 is long and very fine. The midsection is located abaft 

 the midlength and is formed with a sharply rising and 

 slightly hollow floor, a high, firm bilge, and tumble- 

 home in the topside. The flare forward is very 

 moderate. 



Mounted without appendages. 



The model, on a scale of ]i inch to the foot, is for a 

 pilot boat 82 feet moulded length at rail and about 79 

 feet between perpendiculars, 21 feet moulded beam, 

 and 9 feet 3 inches depth. The frames were spaced 

 24 inches on centers. The register dimensions of the 



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