slightly rising straight floor, full round bilge, and verti- 

 cal topside amidships. A high stack of small diam- 

 eter is shown. 



The Stockton was 63 feet 5 inches overall, 10 feet 

 beam, 7 feet depth, 33 tons register, and 30 horse- 

 power. The model is ){^ full size. 



Model built in the Museum. 



SCREW STEAM PACKET, 1844 

 Builder's H.'^lf-Model, usnm 76055 



Decatur 



The steam screw packet Decatur was built on this 

 model by Stephen Jackman at Newbury, Massa- 

 chusetts, about 1844 for the Boston-Newburyport 

 service, to carry passengers and freight. The half- 

 model is of importance in that it shows the hull-form 

 of a very early screw coasting vessel. No information 

 is given on the power and speed of this steamer. 



The half-model shows a steam, screw, coasting 

 \-essel hull having very straight sheer, straight keel, 

 upright straight stem rabbet very slighdy rounded 

 at forefoot, upright post, short round stern counter, 

 sharp but short and convex entrance, long body, 

 and a short and somewhat full run. Midsection has 

 very slightly rising straight floor, a well rounded 

 and easy bilge, and an upright topside. 



The model scales 132 feet moulded length at rail, 

 24 feet 4 inches moulded beam, and 8 feet 8 inches 

 moulded depth. Scale is ^g inch to the foot. 



Presented by Sumner, Swazey, and CXn-rier. New- 

 buryport, Massachusetts. 



SIDE- WHEEL STEAM PACKET, 1846 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76056 



Ohio 



The side-wheel steam packet Ohio was built on this 

 model in 1846 by Stephen Jackman at Newbury, 

 Massachusetts, for the Boston-Newburyport run, to 

 carry passengers, mail, and freight. She was a shoal, 

 full-ended vessel with wide, full-length guards and 

 represents a class of steamer popular in some coastal 

 trades in the 1840's. 



The half-model has straight sheer, straight keel, 

 upright straight stem rabbet very slightly rounded 

 at forefoot, upright post and very short overhanging 

 round stern, a short and full convex entrance, long 

 body, short and full run. Midsection has a flat 

 floor, a short, quick, almost angular turn to the bilge, 

 and an upright topside. Model shows the wide 

 guards running the length of the hull. 



The model is for a vessel 1 33 feet 4 inches moulded 

 length at gunwale, 29 feet 8 inches beam over the 

 guards, 19 feet 4 inches moulded beam at gunwale, 

 and 6 feet 8 inches moulded depth. The Ohio was 

 225 tons register, old measurement. .Scale of model 

 is % inch to the foot. 



Given by Sumner, Swazey, and Currier, Newbury- 

 port, Massachusetts. 



HUDSON RI\T;R steamer, 1852 

 Rigged Model usnm 316204 



Francis Skiddy 



The Hudson River steamer Francis Skiddv was built 

 by George B. Collyer, at New York in 1848-49 for 

 the day run between New York and Albany. She 

 was intended to have a rotary type engine but 

 failures in its manufacture not only delayed the 

 vessel's completion but also led to the substitution of 

 a vertical beam engine. In 1852 she was completed 

 as the General Taylor but before her first run she was 

 renamed the Francis Skiddy. Considered the hand- 

 somest Hudson River steamer that had yet been 

 built, she was capable of averaging 23 to 24 miles 

 per hour, and was for many years considered the 

 fastest and finest steamer of her type. In 1855 the 

 Skiddy was rebuilt into a night boat, another cabin- 

 deck being added. This slowed her somewhat, so 

 she was again changed by building another hull 

 around the old one, but after the changes she was 

 never as fast as when built. On November 25, 1864, 

 the Skiddy hit a rock 4 miles below Albany and was 

 then beached and stripped. 



The model shows a 4-stack, side-wheel Hudson 

 River passenger steamer having a shoal hull with 

 rather straight sheer, straight keel with no drag, 

 rounded stem, vertical sternpost with small overhang 

 to the stern and transom, a very sharp, long entrance, 

 and a long and fine run. The midsection has a 

 slightly rising straight floor, firm bilge, and nearly 

 upright topside. The hull is fitted with a low super- 

 structure with boilers on the guards. The model 

 shows the boat as first built, as a day boat. 



Scale of the model is % inch to the foot. The vessel 

 was 325 feet long, 322 feet on deck, 312 feet 7 inches 

 on the keel, 38 feet 10 inches beam, 10 feet 4 inches 

 depth in hold, and 5 feet 6 inches draft, and was fitted 

 with a Belknap and Cunningham vertical beam en- 

 gine having a 70-inch cylinder with a 14-foot stroke 

 Four iron boilers, two on each side, operated at 40 

 pounds pressure; each was supplied with a small 



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