Bahama sponge-fishing schooner, 1883, 

 descr. of rigged modeh 286-287 



Baird, George W., U.S.N, engineer, 238 



Baird, Spencer Fullerton, Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, 1878- 

 1887, establishment of U.S. Fish 

 Commission, 6 



Baltic, Colhns Line steamer, 1 14 



Bahimore cHpper, 40-47; appearance, 

 20; French purchases, 20-2 1 ; Non- 

 pareil, Qi; size, 22; brigantine, buih 

 by Flannigan and Persons, 23-2./; 

 changes in model, 23; Ann McKim, 

 24, 31; United States, 24; slavers, 

 25-26; Vaquero, 25, 26, 32; builders 

 in France, 20-2 1 ; builders in Cuba, 

 26; comparison in speed with clipper 

 ships, 32; shortcomings, 34. {See 

 Baltimore clipper brig) 



Baltimore clipper brig, descr. of half- 

 model, 67-68 



Baltimore shipbuilding, 24-25 



Barbadoes, American privateer ship of 

 the Revolution, descr., 19-20 



Barge, colonial, 16; lake cargo, 115; 

 canal tug-barge, 148-/^5; coastal, 151 



Bark, 4, 5/; William Shroeder, 60 

 Edward Koppisch, 61; Saone, 61-62 

 Crusader, 62; Hesper, 62; Julia, 62 

 Albemarle, 37, 62, 6^', Gayhead, 174 



Barkentine, 45 



Bateau, Chesapeake Bay — i'c^ Skipjack, 

 Chesapeake Bay 



Bath Iron Works, shipbuilder, 243 



Batory, diesel-powered trans-Atlantic 

 liner, descr. of rigged model, 143-144 



Baxter, William, barge designer, 148- 



149 

 Bazaar, merchant ship, ^o 

 Beach, Eugene, model-builder, 273 

 Bear, steam whaler and sealer, U.S. 



Coast Guard vessel, 247 

 Beetle, James, boatbuilder, 264 

 Belle Franklin, fishing schooner, under 



construction, 225 

 Belle of the West, clipper ship, 34 

 Belvidere, steam whaling ship, 247 

 Berbice, American privateer schooner, 



descr., ig 

 Bermuda schooners, descr., 22 

 Bermuda sloop, descr., 16-17; relation 



to Chesapeake Bay schooners, 1 9 

 Bertha Louise, 3-masted schooner, 



coaster, 42 

 Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuild- 

 ing Division, 148, 243-244 



Biloxi catboat, descr. of half-model, 293 

 Bilo.xi fishing and freighting schooner, 



descr. of half-model, 234 

 Biloxi fishing launch, about 1900, 



descr. of half-model, 294 

 Biloxi fishing launch, 191 2-1 4, descr. of 



half-model, 294 

 Biloxi fishing launch, 1933-37, descr. of 



half-model, 296; Seacoast \o. i, 296; 



Dr. Kulgis. 296; Remma B., 296 

 Biloxi fishing schooner, descr. of half- 

 models, 235; H. E. Grumbel, 235; 



/. Heidenheim, 235, 257; H. Golman, 



235; Anna Eve, 235; F. B. ]Valker, 236; 



James Velich, 236; L. L. Colle. 236 

 Bilo.xi freight boat-launch, descr. of 



half- model, 157-158 

 Biloxi schooner-type fishing vessel, 



about 1932, descr. of half-model, 



293-294 

 Biloxi shrimp boat, 1905-10, descr. of 



half-model, 294 

 Biloxi shrimp boat, 191 2-1 4, descr. of 



half-model, 294 

 Biloxi slirimp boat, about 1915, descr. 



of half-model, 294-295 

 Biloxi shrimp boat, 1920-22, descr. of 



half-model, 295 

 Biloxi trawl boat, 1930, descr. of half- 

 model, 295 

 Bishop, John, shipbuilder, 215, 216, 221 

 Bishop, John and Hugh, shipbuilders, 



206 

 Black Ball Line, packet service, 27 

 Blanchard Shipyard, Yarmouth, Maine, 



39 



Block Island boat, 176; descr. of rigged 

 model, 262-263; in harbor, 263; 

 Thomas J. Lynch, 262; Vanderbilt, 262 



Block model, description, //-12; his- 

 tory, 11-12; age, 12; taking off, 12 



Bloomer, 2-masted coasting schooner, 8r 



Bloomfield, Maryland-built fishing 

 schooner, 1 97 



Bo.\TBUiLDERs: Adams, Edward H., 

 103, 105; Angelo, Stephen, 152; 

 Beetle, James, 264; Bowen, W. H., 

 296; Brown, J., 251; Clasper, J. H., 

 102; Cornwall and Weston, 99; 

 Corwin, M., 269; Cragin & Sheldon, 

 253; Cram, John, 159; Creef, Wash- 

 ington, 281; Ewing, John, 269; 

 Fogarty, "Bat", 92, 94, 95, 157; 

 Gannon, Patrick, 261; Hallet, Albert, 

 251; Harrison, James B., 275, 279; 

 Hicks, Rowland, 295; Higgins and 



Gifford, 260; Holley, Anson, 157, 

 293. 294, 295; Johnson, Frank, 257; 

 Johnson, Samuel, 95, 151, 152, 158, 

 234; Johnson, John, 97, 98, 137, 236; 

 Langdon, Charles W., 95, 157, 277; 

 Lawley, George, & Son, 96, 156; 

 Nash and Sons, 98; Nelson, Gustaf 

 T., 152; Palmer, Otis, 95, 96, 158, 

 159, 270, 271; Paskalitis, Leo, 291; 

 Portevin Brothers, 295; Price, James 

 H., 275; Rushton, J. H., 100; Stod- 

 dard, T. D., 266; Tull, E. James, 

 274; Whitehurst & Rice, 283; Wilson, 

 Herbert and Dennis, 257 

 Boatbuilding in English colonies, 14; 



timber in colonial, 16 

 Boat-canoes, colonial, descr., 15, 176 

 Booze, Thomas, shipbuilder, 25 

 Boston fishing cutter, descr. of rigged 



model, 261-262 

 "Boston Hookers," 261 

 "Boston model" of ship, 34 

 Bowen, W. H., boatbuilder, 296 

 Brasher, Henry, shipbuilder, 235 

 Break O'Day, fishing schooner, 200; 



sail plan, 201 

 Breeze, Chesapeake Bay oyster schooner, 



descr. of half-model, 1 93 

 Brig, 26, 44, 48; Spark, 22; Dove, 63-64; 

 Powhatan, 64-65; Pocahontas, 64-615; 

 Palos, 65-66; Salisbury, 6^; Carthage, 

 65; Athens, 65; Corinth, 65; James 

 Gray, 65; Nicholas, 65; James Caskie, 

 65; Ark, 65; Massachusetts, 65; Smith, 

 65; Tuttle, 65; Keying, 65; Chenamus, 

 66-67. i^^'^ Baltimore clipper brig) 

 Brigantine, Spanish, descr., 14; Balti- 

 inore, built by Flannigan and Parsons, 

 23, 2^; West Indian traders, 38-39; 

 Baltimore clipper, 40-47; coasting, 

 43-44; rig, 43, 44, 45; hull forms, 44; 

 San Bias, 48; descr. of unnamed half- 

 models, 64, 69; Amethyst, 66; ^\'atson, 

 68; Telula, 68; Iscarioti, 69; Abby 

 Watson, 69; Fredonia, 70; Anita Owen, 

 70; Hurricane Bird, 70; Alexander Kirk- 

 land, 70-71; George Latimer, 70, 71; 

 Eva M. Johnson, 71; Mary E. Fennel, 

 71; Antelope, 72; Gazelle, 72; Minnie 

 Smith, 72; J. W. Parker, 72-73; fish- 

 ing, 162; whaling, 175; Viola, 175 

 Briggs, Enos, shipbuilder, 8 

 "Brogan," 274 

 Brown, Adam and Noah, shipbuilders, 



23 

 Brown, J., boatbuilder, 251 



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