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Single-Screw Griai I.aki.s Ore and Bulk Carrier William G. Mallur, built at River Ruugc, Michigan, in 

 1925. Rigged model USNM 312827. {Smithsonian photo 3671 o-b.) 



Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan, in 1925 

 for the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, Cleveland, 

 Ohio. Vessels of this class made about 30 trips a 

 season. 



The model shows a long, almost straight-sheered, 

 narrow, bargelike steamer having a straight keel, 

 straight upright stem, vertical post, round fantail 

 counter, a short and full entrance, an abnormally long 

 and parallel-sided body, and a very short and full 

 run. Midsection is almost rectangular, with a very 

 slight rise in the straight floor, the bilge on a very 

 short radius, and a wall-sided topside. 



Forward is a short raised deck on which is a 

 2-decked bridge-and-wheelhouse structure bearing a 

 light signal mast. At the stem is a bowsprit-like 

 "guiding pole," required by the position of the wheel- 

 house so far forward. On the long main deck are 18 

 ore hatches; well aft are a short deckhouse, a single 

 large stack, signal mast, and boats. 



The William G. Mather measured 618 feet Yi inch 

 overall, 62 feet moulded beam, and 32 feet moulded 

 depth. Her tonnage was 8662 gross, 6110 net regis- 

 ter, and 13,300 tons capacity; and her nominal horse- 

 power 2600. She drew 21 feet SJa inches loaded and 

 had a quadruple-expansion engine. Scale of model is 

 )i inch to the foot. 



Given by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, 

 Cleveland, Ohio. 



PASSENGER LINER, 1929 

 Rigged Model, usnm 314251 



Uruguay, ex California 



A turbo-electric drive steamer for passenger service 

 was built as the California by the Newport News 

 Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, X'irginia, in 

 1929 for the United States Lines. Converted to a 



transport at the outbreak of the last war, she was re- 

 named Uruguay. 



The model shows a 2-stack liner having a straight 

 keel, raking straight stem, vertical post, twin screws 

 with shafts housed, balanced rudder, cruiser stern, 

 sharp entrance, medium length of body, and a fine 

 run. Midsection has a slightly rising straight floor, a 

 hard bilge on short radius, and a vertical topside with 

 a slight tumble-home high up. 



There is a short, raised forecastle deck. A long, mid- 

 ship island is carried almost to the stern; on it is a 2- 

 deck superstructure, atop which are a single-deck 

 house, a 2-deck bridge structure, and two stacks. 

 Derrick-winch houses and derrick masts are on the 

 main deck forward and on the island deck well aft. 

 There is a docking bridge aft. 



The Uruguay measured 610 feet length, 80 feet beam, 

 and 20,329 gross tons, and her speed 18 knots. Scale 

 of model is % inch to the foot. 



Given by United States Lines, New York. 



DIESEL-POWERED TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER, 



1935-36 

 Rigged Model, usnm 311978 



Pilsudski, Batory 



This model represents two diesel-powered trans- 

 Atlantic liners designed and built in Italy for the 

 Polish Gdynia-American Line; the Pilsudski \vas 

 launched in 1935 and the Batory in 1936 by the Mon- 

 falcone Shipyards at Trieste, Italy. Both ships were 

 employed on the North Atlantic; the Pilsudski was 

 sunk by a magnetic mine November 26, 1939, but the 

 Batory remains in service (1959) and has often been 

 in the news. 



The model represents a twin-screw passenger vessel 

 ha\-ing a straight keel, forefoot cut away at an angle, 

 raking straight stem of the rounded "soft-nose" design, 

 a skeg and an upright post, cruiser stern, twin shafts 



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