the transportation of the catch to market. The 

 Camille built at Manteo, North Carolina, in 1885 and 

 owned at Edenton, was considered one of the best for 

 her work on North Carolina waters. 



The model shows a side-wheel steamer of very light 

 draft having a very flat floor, quick bilge, and up- 

 right topside; the entrance is sharp, the run long and 

 easy, the keel straight, and stem upright. The post 

 is upright and there is a round overhang stern. The 

 vessel was fitted with wide guards and had a large 

 deckhouse. In general design these steamers were 

 small side-wheel tugs. 



Scale of model is Yi inch to the foot; the vessel was 

 53 feet long, 17 feet 6 inches beam over guards, and 

 5 feet depth of hull. The deckhouse was 24 feet long 

 and 7 feet high; the stack stood 14 feet above the 

 house roof. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



NEW HAVEN OYSTER DREDGE, 1885 

 Rigged Model, usnm 76239 



Jeremiah StJiitb 



The oyster dredge steamer Jeremiah Smith was built 

 at West Haven, Connecticut, for the oyster fishery at 

 New Haven in 1885 and was one of the largest and 

 finest of her type when built. She was designed for 

 dredging oysters on Long Island Sound and for oyster 

 cultivation on the leased oyster beds. Steam had 

 been employed in this fishery as early as 1874 when 

 a boiler and engine were placed in the sloop Early Bird 



to operate dredge-winches, and in 1875 or 1876 a 

 screw was fitted to this vessel. After that date a num- 

 ber of steamers were designed and built especially for 

 oyster dredging at New Haven; they ranged from 20 

 to 63 tons register, from 50 to 83 feet on deck, and 

 from 12 to 18 feet beam. Steam oyster dredges were 

 later replaced with gasoline-engined and finally with 

 diesel-powered vessels. However, sailing .sloops, 

 schooners, and sharpies continued to be employed in 

 this fishery until well into the 20th century. 



The Jeremiah Smith was a wide and rather shallow 

 single-screw steamer having a moderately sharp en- 

 trance, a short and full run, straight keel, upright 

 curved stem, straight above forefoot, slight sheer, up- 

 right post, and a round overhanging stern. These 

 boats, as in the model, were marked by large deck- 

 house which gave protection to men and gear when 

 working on the oyster beds in cold weather. They 

 were not fast, 7 to 8 knots was considered sufficient 

 speed. The dredge gear is shown to scale. 



Scale of model is Y^ inch to the foot ; the vessel was 

 72 feet long, 24 feet beam, 6 feet draft, 113.38 gross 

 tons, and 66.68 net tons. 



Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



FISHING STEAMER, 1885 

 Builder's Half-Model, usmm 76286 



Novelty 



The schooner-rigged steam fishing vessel Novelty was 

 built from this half-model at Kennebunkport, Maine, 



Steam Schooner Novelty, built for 

 the mackerel fishery at Kenne- 

 bunkport, Maine, in 1885. In 

 1889 she was sold as a gunboat to 

 Haiti, and was sunk in a collision 

 in 1 89 1. She is represented in the 

 Watercraft Collection by builder's 

 half-model USNM 76286. {Smith- 

 sonian photo 438i/-g.) 



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