or rail, 14 feet 6 inches moulded beam, and about 

 4 feet moulded depth. 



Model given by Anson Holley, shipbuilder, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI FISHING LAUNCH, about 1900 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 3112.27 



A fishing launch was built from this half-model 

 about 1900 or earlier by Willy Nels Johnson at 

 Bilo.xi, Mississippi. It may be the model from which 

 the launch Blue Ribbon was built about 1895. 



The half-model shows a narrow launch of the old 

 type, having a straight and upright stem, keel rabbet 

 straight forward and swept up aft to the fantail 

 stern. Aft there is a skcg. The sheer is moderate; 

 the entrance is long and sharp and the run rather 

 short but well-formed; and the midsection shows a 

 rising floor, a slack round bilge, and an upright 

 topside. In general the form of this model resembles 

 that of the old steam and naphtha launches of the 

 1890's. 



Scale of model is probably % inch to the foot, to 

 produce a boat about 27 feet 6 inches moulded 

 length at gunwale, 7 feet 4 inches moulded beam, 

 and about 3 feet moulded depth. 



Given by Jack Covacovich, shipbuilder, Bilo.xi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI FISHING LAUNCH, 1912-14 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311223 



Six fishing launches were built from this model at 

 Biloxi, Mississippi, by Anson Holley about 1912- 

 14. The model is of a type of Gulf coast fishing 

 launch much used in the local shrimp fishery. 



The half-model shows a skeg-fitted hull, having a 

 keel rabbet straight forward and swept up aft to the 

 bottom of the transom, which is raking, flat, and 

 wide. The straight keel shoe has some drag; the 

 stem is straight and slightly raking; the entrance is 

 short and sharp, and the run is also short but well- 

 formed. The hull has a rather long straight side 

 amidshijjs, and the midsection shows a rising floor, a 

 hard round bilge, and a nearly upright topside. The 

 hull of such launches as represented by this model 

 was relati\ely shoal; the boats were suited only for 

 work in protected waters. 



Scale of the model is fi inch to the foot, and it 

 represents a launch about 29 feet 9 inches moulded 

 length at gunwale, 8 feet 10 inches moulded beam, 

 and drawing about 2 feet 4 inches at skeg. 



Given by Anson Holley, shipbuilder. Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI SHRIMP BOAT, 1905-10 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311219 



A launch for the shrimp fishery was built from this 

 half-model at Biloxi, Mississippi, about 1905-10 by 

 Anson Holley. The half-model is much damaged but 

 represents a launch having rather straight sheer, the 

 keel rabbet is nearly straight forward; but curves in 

 a long sweep aft, where a skeg was to be fitted. The 

 greatest depth of hull is well forward, the bow is long 

 and sharp, and the run is straight and rather flat. 

 The stem is curved at the rabbet and is rather up- 

 right; the transom is wide, flat, and raking. 



Scale of the half-model is apparently ^^ inch to the 

 foot, producing a vessel about 29 feet 6 inches long 

 and perhaps 9 feet 6 inches beam. 



Model given by Anson Holley, shipbuilder, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI SHRIMP BOAT, 1912-14 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311221 



This half-model is of a shrimp boat, built at Biloxi, 

 Mississippi, in 1912-14 by Anson Holley. She was 

 designed for a relatively low-powered gasoline engine. 



The half-iuodel represents a shoal launch having 

 slight sheer, a rockered keel rabbet (there is the sug- 

 gestion of a built-in skeg aft to give reverse curves in 

 the sections in the wake of the built-in skeg), a straight 

 keel shoe with some drag, a slightly raking and almost 

 straight stem rabbet, and a wide and sharply raking 

 transom. The midsection shows a moderately rising 

 floor, a quick turn of bilge, and a rather upright top- 

 side. The entrance is long and sharp and the run is 

 well formed. 



Scale of the model is Y^ inch to the foot, for a boat 

 measuring 36 feet 6 inches moulded length at gun- 

 wale, 9 feet 3 inches moulded beam, and about 4 feet 

 moulded depth. 



Given by Anson Holley, shipbuilder, Biloxi, 

 Mississippi. 



BILOXI SHRIMP BOAT, about 1915 

 Builder's Half-Model, usnm 311220 



Twelve launches for the shrimp fishery were built 

 from this model at Biloxi, Mississippi, before 1920 by 

 Anson Holley. 



The half-model represents a long, shallow launch 

 having slight sheer, a cambered keel rabbet sweeping 

 up aft and intended to be fitted with a skeg, a wide 

 square stern raking slightly, and a rather upright 

 curved stem rabbet. The entrance is sharp and 

 rather long, the rim long and straight in the buttocks. 

 The greatest depth of hull is near the bow. The mid- 



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