right post, and a short counter ending in a wide, 

 elliptical, raking transom much cur\ed athvvartships. 

 The entrance is sharp and hollow: the run long, easy, 

 and flat. The midsection is formed with a rising 

 straight floor, hard turn of Isilge, and a slight tumble- 

 home in the topside. 



The model is mounted with a long, pointed head, 

 cutwater, rather deep keel, post, and rudder, the 

 marked depth of keel being intended to pre\'ent lee- 

 way in windward sailing and necessitated liy the 

 shallow body. 



Scale of model is '-• inch to the foot, producing a 

 vessel measuring 94 feet 9 inches moulded length at 

 rail, 89 feet between perpendiculars, 23 feet 8 inches 

 moulded Ijeam, 24 feet extreme beam. 8 feet 8 inches 



Ne\v England Clipper Fishln'g .Schooner Built in 

 1857 at Esse.x, Massachusetts, the Ettu G. Fogg. 

 {Smithsonian photo 4560^-c). 



depth in hold, and draft 10 feet 4 inches at post and 

 6 feet 10 inches forward. 



Given by Clharles O. Story, shipbuilder, E.ssex, 

 Massachusetts. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1857 

 Rigged Model, usnm 76254 



Etta G. Fo^g 



The clipper fishing schooner Etta G. Fogg, built at 

 Essex, Massachusetts, in 1857, and represented by the 

 builder's half-model usnm 54448, is shown in this 

 rigged model. The rig and deck arrangement of 

 schooners built for the mackerel fishery and for 

 oyster freighting in the late 1850's and early 1860"s 

 are shown. 



The model is of a heavily sparred and canvas,sed 

 schooner. The Etta G. Fogg was registered as 88.7 

 feet between perpendiculars, 24.7 feet beam, 8.3 feet 



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