which was a companionvvay shde hatch to the cabin. 

 These schooners were usually steered with a tiller, and 

 a yawl boat was carried on wooden stern davits. 

 Given by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1835-46 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54457 



This half-model of a fishing schooner has been iden- 

 tified as the Susan Center, built at Esse.x, Massachu- 

 setts, in 1846. Register dimensions of the Center were 

 65 feet 3 inches in length between perpendiculars, 7 

 feet 1 inch extreme beam, 7 feet 1 inch depth in hold, 

 and 74*^^5 tons. At U inch to the foot, the half-model 

 scales only .58 feet 4 inches between perpendiculars, 

 but the other dimensions are within an inch of those of 

 the Center. ^Vhile it is possible that the vessel was built 

 by spacing out the frames lifted from the loft, as laid 

 down from the model, or that additional frames were 

 added amidships, the model appears to have been 

 made much earlier than 1846 and may represent a 

 schooner built in the period 1835-40 for the Grand 

 Banks fishery. 



The model shows a full-ended hull with rather 

 straight sides in deck plan, a short full entrance, a 

 rather long and easy run, and a wide round-tuck stern 

 with upper and lower transoms. The midsection 

 shows a short and slightly rising floor and a full, 

 round, and slack bilge. 



A short, low quarterdeck is shown on this model 

 and the short, heavy cutwater and head that marked 

 many Essex-built schooners in the 1830"s and f840's. 

 This model is much finer aft than builder's half-model 

 54449, above. V'essels of this general hull design were 

 long favored for the Banks fishery as they were easy 

 rollers, burdensome, and seaworthy. 



Given by Captain J. W. Collins. 



PINKY FISHING SCHOONER, 1840 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76296 



Trenton 



The pinky schooner Trenton was built from this 

 model for the Gulf of Maine codfishery at Trenton, 

 Maine, about 1840. This model, which represents 

 the final development of the New England pinky in 

 the codfishery, shows the heavy displacement and 

 moderate beam of the type, which, being very heavily 

 ballasted and of deep draft, was notable for its sea- 

 worthiness and weatherliness, particularly in hea\y 

 seas. 



The Trenton shows the sharp stern and the projecting 

 pink formed by the after bulwarks being carried to a 



point abaft the rudderhead and clear of the plank- 

 sheer, ending with the small transom, the shape of 

 which caused it to be called the "tombstone." The 

 rail sheered up sharply at the stern so that the tomb- 

 stone could be made high enough for its notched top 

 to serve as a boom crotch. Often there was also a 

 seat of ease in the overhang of the pink, abaft the 

 rudderhead. 



The half-model shows the deep, full, double-ended 

 form of the pinky. The keel is straight and with 

 heavy drag, the sternpost rakes strongly, the stem ralj- 

 bet curves and rakes, and the bow has a small gammon 

 knee. The entrance is short and rather full, and the 

 run is short and well formed, the after sections present- 

 ing a marked Y-form. The midsection shows a rising 

 straight floor, a well rounded, easy bilge, and a rather 

 upright topside. The sheer is strong and the hull 

 shows a rather marked straight side in deck plan. 

 Foreward is a low, raised cuddy deck, but the rail 

 sheer there is unbroken. About 36 feet from the bow 

 the bulwarks are reduced a little in height, by omit- 

 ting the rail cap and reducing the stanchion height to 

 the top of the waist plank. The top of this plank is 

 about 4 inches below the rail cap, leaving an open 

 space between, and the deck scuppers are similarly 

 formed, a 1% inch open space being left at the bottom 

 of the bulwark plank, or waist, from the cuddy-deck 

 break aft. 



The Trenton was about 54 feet 5 inches long at rail, 

 48 feet 6 inches between perpendiculars, 13 feet 7 

 inches moulded beam, and 6 feet 8 inches depth of 

 hold; she drew about 7 feet 9 inches at post and 5 

 feet 6 inches forward. Scale is }4 inch to the foot. 

 The model shows the moulded lines of the hull with 

 bulwarks built up, but the latter are now damaged, 

 with parts missing. 



Given by Gillman Hodgkins, Lamoine, Maine. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1835-45 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 54427 



A Grand Banks codfishing schooner was built from 

 this half-model sometime between 1835 and 1845 for 

 Beverly Massachusetts owners at Essex, Massachu- 

 setts. These schooners, popular with Beverly fisher- 

 men, were intended to ride comfortably at anchor on 

 the Banks and though excellent sea boats were slow 

 sailers. 



The half-model represents a full-ended, burden- 

 some fishing schooner of moderate sheer, having a 

 straight keel with some drag, a slightly raking stern- 

 post, a round tuck with wide and flat upper and 



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