Model of AFRICAN COMET (1962)

full model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
USA, MS, Pascagoula
1962
wood
overall: 22 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 79 1/2 in.

Presentation model of Farrell Lines cargo vessel AFRICAN COMET of 1962. Built in wood lifts with black painted topsides, white waterline, red dual load bottom. The decks are red with most other details either black or white. Details include anchors, anchor windlass, bollards, ventilators, cargo masts, cargo booms, cargo winches, hatches, radar, flag halyards, life boats on davits, ladders, funnel painted in Farrell Lines livery, searchlights, name boards, propeller, rudder. In case with plaque which reads "S. S. AFRICAN COMET/ C4-S-58A/ Length: 572'-0", Breadth: 75'-0", Depth: 42'-6", Dead Weight: 12,393 Tons./ Built for Farrell Lines, Inc. By Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation/ Pascagoula, Miss/ Model by Builder. "

2001.112.3