Model of lifeboat and liferaft from the USS EAGLE

Model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
wood; glass; metal
overall: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 27 3/8 in.

Model of a lifeboat and a liferaft from the USS EAGLE, in a glass case with wooden base. Larger blue-gray lifeboat is suspended from a pair of davits and rested on a wooden cradle. Six oars and a boat hook rest inside, on top of four bench seats. Life ring, coil of rope, and a ceramic pot are stowed below the seats. Just below the lifeboat, there is an inflated liferaft with a wooden frame, rope net bottom, and two oars. The inflated sides are marked: "USS EAGLE #43." Liferaft is resting on a wooden cradle.

2010.52.2