uilt in the period 1875-88, the majority of which 

 were Grand Bankers, though at least one was for a 

 time employed in the mackerel fishery as a purse- 

 seiner. Nes'er numerous, they were apparently suc- 

 cessful in their business but were usually considered 

 too large for the general fisheries. A few were built 

 in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia during World 

 War I. 



Given by Thomas A. Irving, shipbuilder, Glouces- 

 ter, Massachusetts. 



WELL-SMACK FISHING SCHOONER, 1883 

 Builder's Half Model, usnm 160115 



Captain Joseph W. Collins, after entering the em- 

 ploy of the U.S. Fish Commission, about 1880, be- 

 gan to agitate in newspapers and elsewhere for safer 



fishing vessels. He had obtained the advice of com- 

 petent designers, such as Lawlor, who had impressed 

 upon him the need in New England fishing schooners 

 for greater depth and heavier ballast as a necessary 

 measure to achieve safety without making them 

 otherwise tmdesirable vessels. Before 1883, the Com- 

 mission had i:)egun to consider the construction of a 

 well-smack for use as a fisheries research vessel and 

 this gave Captain Collins a chance to propose a spe- 

 cific design for a "model fishing schooner." 



The half-model shows a vessel having the entrance 

 long, sharp, and somewhat hollow at the stem, with 

 greatest beam about at midlength; the run lean and 

 long, ending in a short counter having rather heavy 

 quarters and a wide elliptical transom, at the bottom 

 of which is a slight V-shaped rise from the center line. 



.\ 1 AiioLs Kal.i.nl, 1 i.,uli;m.\;.. .\uili) i uK Hlk I i.\L ^AILING QfALiTiES, the Nannie C. Bohlin, built in 1890 at 

 Gloucester, Massachusetts, by John Bishop. Register dimensions were 1 10.2' x 23.5' x 1 1 .2', 96 net tons. Her 

 captain was Tomm\- Bohlin. (Smithsonian photo 3S80-.) 



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