Scale of the model is % inch to the foot; the vessel 

 represented would be 61 feet at rail, 11 feet 6 inches 

 beam, and would draw about 5 feet 6 inches. The 

 mast was 34 feet above deck, the gaff was 1 5 feet 6 

 inches long, the smoke-stack stood 12 feet above the 

 rail, and the vessel had a screw 4 feet 6 inches in 

 diameter. 



Given by U. S. Fish Commission. 



BiLoxi Fishing Schooner Under 

 Sail. A builder's half-model 

 (USNM 31 1226) of this vessel, the 

 /. Heidenheim, is in the Watercraft 

 Collection. {Smithsonian photo 



33463-) 



MENHADEN FISHING STEAMER, 1883 

 Rigged Model, usnm 76012 



Jemima Boomer 



The model is of the menhaden fishing steamer 

 Jemima Boomer of Tiverton, Rhode Island, designed es- 

 pecially for this fishery by Dennison J. Lawlor in 1882 

 and launched the following year. She was considered 

 a good example of her type, carrying a large cargo and 

 having a speed of 9 to 10 knots loaded. These steam- 

 ers worked near the land and fished only in good 

 weather. 



The model shows a single-screw wooden steamer of 

 narrow beam having a straight keel with some drag, 

 an upright and nearly straight stem, vertical post with 



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