Gunboat model

rigged model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Foster, Dwight E., Jr.
20.00 x 33.00 x 0

Rigged model of U.S. Navy gunboat, ca. 1804 (66'0" between perpendiculars, 18'10" moulded beam, 5'0" depth of hold) made by Dwight Foster from plans by Preble. White bottom, yellow and black topsides, schooner rigged, cotton sails, 2 rudders, 1 tender, 2 cannons mounted on deck, 12 oars, scale: 3/8" = 1'. Mounted on board. Ref: History of the American Sailing Navy, by Howard I. Chapelle, W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., New York, 1949, p. 201, fig. 35, "Preble's fourth design for a gunboat, gunter mast forward." U.S. Gunboat No. 12, schooner rig, blt. 1804 at Newburyport, Mass. by Jacob Coffin, 66' x 18'11" x 5'4". Condemned at New Orleans c. 1812. Ref: Tucker, "Mr. Jefferson's Gunboat Navy," in American Neptune, April 1983.

UNIDENTIFIED gunboat
1976.150