inches moulded depth, 2 feet 9 inches draft at post, 

 mast 45 feet heel to truck, and yard 38 feet 6 inches. 

 Given by U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



LOUISIANA OYSTER SLOOP, about 1900 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311188 



Spectre 



This model was employed in the construction of the 

 sloop Spectre at Morgan City, Louisiana, about 1900, 

 for the oyster fishery. 



The half-model shows a centerboard sloop hull 

 having a straight, upright stem rabbet, the keel 

 rabbet straight forward but sweeping up aft to the 

 bottom of a V-shaped raking transom. A small skeg 

 is shown and the shoe of the keel is straight, with 

 some drag. The entrance is short and rather sharp; 

 the run is short and full in the buttocks. The mid- 

 section is formed with a rising floor, a hard round 

 bilge, and nearly upright topside. The sides amid- 

 ships are nearly straight fore-and-aft and in general 

 the hull is full-ended and burdensome. The sheer 

 is very great. 



Scale of the model is apparently Yi inch to the 

 foot, for a boat measuring 36 feet moulded length 

 at gunwale, 13 feet moulded beam, and about 5 

 feet moulded depth, .■\lthough for a much more 

 burdensome vessel, this half-model resembles some- 

 what the old New York and Long Island Sound 

 centerboard working sloops of 1845-1900, which 

 had a single large jib, gaff-mainsail, and a long 

 bowsprit. 



Given by R.J. Terrebonne, Morgan City, Louisiana. 



BILOXI CATBOAT, about 1911 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311225 



This model represents a centerboard catboat built 

 by Anson Holley at Biloxi, Mississippi about 1911. 

 These boats were used in the shrimp fishery to some 

 extent before launches were employed. They carried 

 the single gaff-sail of the cat rig and differed from 

 pleasure catboats only in being more burdensome and 

 having fuller ends. They usually had a cuddy for- 

 ward. 



The half-model shows a 24-foot centerboard cat- 

 boat having moderate sheer, a rockered keel rabbet 

 with skeg, producing a straight keel shoe with some 

 drag, a raking flat transom, and a rather upright 

 curved stem rabbet. The midsection has a rising 

 straight floor, a hard turn of bilge, and upright top- 

 sides. The entrance is short and sharp; the run is 

 rather full and short. 



Scale of the model is ]{ inch to the foot, for a boat 

 measuring 24 feet moulded length at gunwale, 9 feet 

 moulded beam, and about 2 feet 4 inches moulded 

 depth. 



Given by .\nson Holley, shipbuilder, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



FISHING SLOOP, about 1912 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 31 1237 



Annie 



The fishing sloop Annie was built from this 

 half-model at Corpus Christi, Texas, about 1912 for 

 the local fisheries. 



The half-model shows a keel sloop of yacht-like 

 form having a short, straight keel with some drag, a 

 raking post, a long counter ending in a sharply 

 raking V-shaped transom. The stem rabbet is 

 curved and fairs into the keel rabbet well aft, giving 

 a marked forward overhang. The entrance is sharp 

 but short; the run is rather long and easy. The 

 sheer is rather straight. The midsection shows a 

 rising straight floor and a very slack bilge, with a 

 shallow upright topside. The greatest beam is 

 about at midlenglh. 



Scale of the model is )■> inch to the foot; the model 

 scales about 35 feet 9 inches length at rail, 11 feet 

 moulded beam, and 5 feet 9 inches moulded depth. 

 Given by Gustaf T. Nelson, shipbuilder, Corpus 

 Christi, Texas. 



BILOXI SCHOONER-TYPE FISHING \^SSEL, 



about 1932 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311224 



A power fishing boat was built from this half- 

 model, about 1932, at Biloxi, Mississippi, by Anson 

 Holley. 



The half-model is of the proportions and general 

 form of the centerboard schooners built earlier at 

 Biloxi, but is slighth- modified at the stem; the out- 

 line of the usual clipper bow rabbet is penciled on 

 the back of the model, indicating the extent of the 

 change from the old schooner form. It shows a 

 vessel having a straight keel, a curved and rather 

 upright stem rabbet, raking flat transom, a slightly 

 hollow, sharp entrance and long flat run, moderate 

 sheer, a straight side fore-and-aft amidships with 

 greatest beam forward of midlength; the midsection 

 shows a rising straight floor, hard turn of bilge, and 

 an almost upright topside. 



Scale of the model is ]!, inch to the foot, to represent 

 a vessel measuring about 60 feet 3 inches at gunwale 



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