U.S. Fish Commission Iron Twin-Screw Steamer Albatios. 

 Rigged model USNM 1604 14. {Smithsonian photo -'451.) 



the second vessel built lor fisheries research. 



The model shows an hon, twin-screw, fore-and-aft 

 schooner-rigged steamer, wood-sheathed to the main- 

 deck and coppered. She had sHght rise of floor, a low 

 and rather hard bilge, and an upright topside; her 

 entrance is long and sharp and the run is of medium 

 length and easy; straight keel, upright post and round 

 stern, straight stem, and raking and flaring bow. 



Above the maindeck the Fish Hawk's structure was 

 entirely of wood. She had a hurricane deck extend- 

 ing the full length of the hull; on it were located the 

 pilothouse, captain's quarters, and laboratory. She 

 had four watertight bulkheads and one nonwater- 

 tight, and a portion of her main deck was fitted for 

 hatching, with tanks and apparatus particularly de- 

 signed for this purpose. She was also fitted for dredg- 

 ing and the exploration of oyster beds. 



Scale of model is % inch to the foot. The vessel was 

 156 feet 6 inches overall, 146 feet 6 inches on the 

 7-foot (load) waterline, 27 feet moulded beam, 10 feet 

 9 inches depth of hold, and 6 feet S'o inches mean draft. 



Given by Pusey & Jones Company Wilmington, 

 Delaware, shipbuilders. 



FISHERIES RESEARCH STEAMER, 1882 

 Rigged Model, usnm 160414 



Albatross 



The iron twin-screw steamer Albatross was designed 

 by Charles W. Copeland and built by Pusey & Jones 

 Co. at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1882 for the U. S. 

 Fish Commission. The second and largest vessel then 

 built in the United States for fisheries research, she was 

 equipped with all appliances known for this work; 

 she was fitted for sounding and dredging, and in e\ery 

 way was especially designed for her emploNonent. 



She was an iron, brigantine-rigged, twin-screw 

 steamer havijig medium sheer, a sharp entrance, mod- 

 erately long and well formed run, straight keel, 

 upright post, round stern, and raking and flaring stem. 

 Her midsection was formed with a slightly rising 

 straight floor, a low easy bilge, and an upright topside. 

 She had six watertight bulkheads, a poop cabin ex- 

 tending 30 feet forward of the sternpost, a deckhouse 

 83 feet in length and 13 feet 6 inches wide, with pilot- 

 house and stack on it. and a topgallant forecastle 44 

 feet long. 



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