moulded length at gunwale, 13 feet moulded beam, 

 4 feet 6 inches moulded depth. The scale of the model 

 is % inch to the foot. 



Given by Anson Holley, boatbuildcr, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



CRUISING LAUNCH, 1925 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315700 



Pawnee 



The cruising launch Pawnee was built on this model 

 at East Moriches, Long Island, New York, in 1925 

 by Otis A. Palmer. The boat was intended for over- 

 night cruising and for inshore sport fishing, and was 

 built to be seaworthy and to have moderate power 

 and speed. It had a cuddy (small trunk cabin) for- 

 ward and a large cockpit, with the engine under a 

 box in the cockpit. 



The half-model shows a short, wide, motorboat 

 cruiser hull having moderate sheer, a rockered keel 

 rabbet (a skeg was employed), and a curved and raking 

 stem rabbet with a well rockered forefoot. The 

 transom is flat and raking. The entrance is sharp, 

 convex and rather short. The run is long and slightly 

 cambered in the buttocks. Midsection is formed 

 with a short, slightly rising straight floor, a slack 

 round bilge, and a flaring topside. 



Scale of the model is 1 inch to the foot, producing 

 a moulded length of 22 feet, moulded beam of 8 feet, 

 and moulded depth of 2 feet 1 1 inches. 



The model is marked by a freeboard that is high 

 for the hull length. 



Gift of Mrs. Otis A. Palmer, East Moriches, 

 Long Island, New York. 



CRUISING LAUNCH, 1925 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311258 



A raised-deck, single-screw cruising launch, name 

 unknown, was built on this model about 1925 at 

 Apalachicola, Florida, by Samuel Johnson. She was 

 powered with a gasoline engine. The model repre- 

 sents a general type of motor boat popular for pleasure 

 cruising in the period 1912-30. 



The half-model represents a motor launch hull 

 having a long raised deck forward, a rather straight 

 main sheer, a rockered keel-rabbet with skeg aft, a 

 raking curved stem rabbet, a shallow vertical tran- 

 som, curved athwartships, a short and sharp entrance, 

 and a long but rather full run. The raised deck is 

 high above the main sheer and extends about a third 

 the length of the hull from the bow. The midsection 



is formed with a rising straight floor, a slack round 

 bilge and a nearly upright topside. 



The model is supposed to be to the scale of ]i inch 

 to the foot and to represent a boat 44 feet long at 

 gunwale, 10 feet moulded beam, and about 5 feet 

 depth. 



Given by Samuel Johnson, boatljuilder, Apalachi- 

 cola, Florida. 



CRUISING LAUNCH, 1927 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311259 



A raised-deck, single-screw, cruising launch, name 

 unknown, was built on this model about 1927 by 

 Samuel Johnson at Apalachicola, Florida. According 

 to the builder, this boat was powered by a converted 

 automobile engine. 



The half-model is of a launch hull having a rather 

 long raised deck forward, nearly straight sheer, rock- 

 ered keel rabbet with skeg aft, upright and nearly 

 straight stem rabbet, wide, raking flat transom, short 

 and full entrance, and a long and flat run. The mid- 

 section has a rising straight floor, a hard round bilge, 

 and an upright topside. The raised deck is aljout 

 one-third the whole length of the hull. 



The model is Ijelieved to be on a scale of 1 inch to 

 the foot and to represent a boat 30 feet 3 inches 

 moulded length, 7 feet moulded beam, and 2 feet l^o 

 inch moulded depth. 



Given by Samuel Johnson, boatbuilder, Apalachi- 

 cola, Florida. 



MOTOR CRUISER, 1927 



Builder's Half-Model, usnm 315697 



This half-model represents a small, raised-deck, 

 motor cruiser, name unknown, designed and built 

 by Otis A. Palmer of East Moriches, Long Island, 

 New York, in 1927. This type of small cruiser was 

 very popular from about 1910 to 1932, having a 

 cabin under a raised deck forward and a standing 

 canopy over the cockpit. The boats were usually 

 low-powered, inexpensive craft and of varying degrees 

 of seaworthiness. The model is fairly typical of 

 many of this class, particularly of the relatively 

 inexpensive boats. The boats of this general model 

 would make about 8 to 9 knots with a gasoline engine 

 of 15 to 25 horsepower. 



The half-model shows a cruiser having a rather high 

 raised foredeck with a break aljaft midlength. The 

 keel rabbet is rockered and the boat had a skeg, 

 with the rudder hung outboard. The stem raljbet is 

 rounded and flaring, the transom flat and raking, the 



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