The half-mode] shows a cHpper Banker of the date, 

 much like the Massachusetts vessels of the same class, 

 having a sharp entrance, long easy run, short counter, 

 elliptical transom, long head, rising floors, hard bilge, 

 and rather heavy cjuarters. 



Scale of the model is '.; inch to the foot. The Harvest 

 Home registered 78 feet between perpendiculars, 22 

 feet 7 inches beam, 7 feet 7 inches dej^th in hold, and 

 78.28 gross tons. 



Given by Newall B. Coolidgc & Bros. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1872 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 57052 



Nivibiis 



The clipper fishing schooner .\imhus was built liy 

 John and Hugh Bishop from this half-model at 

 Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1872 for the market 

 fishery. Except in size, the Nimbus was similar to 

 schooners built in the same yard for the mackerel fish- 

 ery at this period, and represented a very advanced 

 design, having the reputation of being fast and 

 handy. She was lost by running ashore in December 

 1878 trying to enter the harbor at Cape Negro, Nova 

 Scotia, during a gale. Two of her crew were lost in 

 a dory trying to reach shore. 



The half-model shows an e.xtreme clipper fishing 

 schooner of the period, having a long, sharp entrance 

 with the greatest beam about at midlength, a rather 

 short but easy run, a raking post, and a short and 

 rather light counter ending in a wide, raking, elliptical 

 transom. The stem rabbet rakes and flares slightly, 

 the stem has a long graceful head, the sheer is marked, 

 and there is a long, low quarterdeck. The keel is 

 straight with some drag. The midsection shows a 

 rising hollow floor carried all the way forward as well 

 as aft, an unusually easy bilge for this date and type 

 of schooner, and a slight timible-home in the rounded 

 topside. The forward sections are rounded in the 

 topsides, rather than having the usual flare. 



Mounted with head, bowsprit, and head rigging, as 

 well as mast deadeyes at rail. 



The rig of the market schooner until about 1885 was 

 usually without jib boom and fore-topmast. 



Scale of half-model is }'■, inch to the foot, giving 

 a vessel 70 feet 1 inch between perpendiculars, 75 

 feet 4 inches total length, 20 feet 4 inches moulded 

 beam, 7 feet depth of hold, and drawing about 8 feet 

 2 inches at post and 7 feet foi-ward ; this is an unusually 

 small amount of drag in a fishing schooner of this date 

 and length. 



Given by U.S. Fish Commission. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY PUNGY SCHOONER, 1872 

 Rigged Model, usnm 26536 



/. L. Carroll 



The j'. L. Ctirroll was a Chesapeake Bay jjungy of the 

 small class, Ijuilt on the Eastern Shore of Maryland 

 and owned in Baltimore in 1874. These small 

 schooners, ranging from about 42 to 50 feet at rail 

 and drawing 4 to 6 feet at sternpost, were once numer- 

 ous in the Chesapeake oyster fishery and, though too 

 small for general freighting, were often used in sum- 

 mer to transport farm products to market JDetween 

 ports on the Bay and Baltimore, Annapolis, and Wash- 

 ington, or to \^irginia ports such as Norfolk, Newport 

 News, and the river towns. 



The early pungies of 1840-55 were apparently 

 deeper and with more rise of floor than the later \es- 

 sels. Many were loftily sparred. Building of the 

 pungy ceased on the Chesapeake about 1885. The 

 last pungy afloat as a sailing vessel was the JVave, built 

 in Accomack County, Virginia, in 1863; she was 57 

 feet 6 inches at rail, 23 feet beam, and 7 feet 9 inches 

 depth. However at least one pungy hull was in use 

 as a power \essel on the Bay in 1955. 



The model shows a shoal-draught schooner having 

 a straight keel with drag, curved and raking stem rab- 

 bet with a long pointed head, raking post, round tuck, 

 upper and lower transoms, moderate sheer, short 

 sharp entrance, long easy run, midsection with mod- 

 erate deadrise, easy bilge and slightly flaring topside. 

 The greatest beam is forward of midlength. 



Scale of model is 1 inch to the foot. The Carroll was 

 47 feet 3 inches at rail, 1 5 feet beam, and 4 feet depth 

 of hold. 



The pungy carries the rig of her type. The Carroll's 

 bowsprit outboard of knightheads was 16 feet, fore- 

 mast above deck 44 feet 6 inches, mainmast 45 feet 

 above deck, main-topmast 18 feet total length, main 

 boom 26 feet, fore boom 17 feet, fore gafT 13 feet 6 

 inches, and main gaff 14 feet. 



Given by T. B. Ferguson. 



FISHING SCHOONER, 1871 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 76046 



Helen M. Foster 



The extreme clipper fishing schooner Helen M. 

 Foster was built from this model at Scituate, Massa- 

 chusetts, in 1871, the model having been made by 

 Dennison J. Lawlor of Chelsea, Massachusetts. This 

 schooner, intended for the market fishery out of 

 Boston, was of somewhat shallower draught, than was 



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