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- This model represents a scow, or a type of sailboat used for racing on the lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin. A scow was a flat-bottomed boat with a blunt bow and a flat transom. This model represents a scow named Minnezitka built by John O. Johnson in 1900 for the Inland Lake Yachting Association. The Minnezitka was entered into the international Seawanhka Cup; although it was the fastest American boat, it was not chosen. The Minnezitka was a precursor to the Class A racing scow, at 38 feet long and 7½ feet wide. The model was given to the Smithsonian in 1959 by the boat builder, John O. Johnson of White Bear, Minnesota.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TR.316086
- catalog number
- 316086
- accession number
- 224566
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- Description
- The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. This model was likely built around then. During World War I the American government seized the ship and operated it as a troopship. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia in 1922-23, the Leviathan became the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated it for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1934. Laid up as a result of high operating costs and low Depression-era patronage, the Leviathan was sold to Scottish shipbreakers in 1938 and dismantled. This model came to the Smithsonian from the New York City offices of the United States Lines in 1952.
- date made
- ca 1914
- used date
- 1914-1938
- ID Number
- TR.314250
- catalog number
- 314250
- accession number
- 196508
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- Description
- This model represents a late 19th century pirogue, made in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. First used by Native Americans in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana, the canoe-like pirogue was further developed by French settlers. Pirogues were commonly used for the fur trade, fishing, hunting and general transportation in swamps and marshes. They were carved out of cypress logs which made them very heavy, sometimes weighing several thousand pounds. Pirogues were similar to canoes but had flat bottoms instead of concave, which allowed them to easily move over obstacles in the narrow waterways of Louisiana. This model represents a pirogue about 17½ feet long and 2½ feet wide. The model was built in 1886 and was given to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TR.160353
- catalog number
- 160353
- accession number
- 7809
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- Description
- This model represents a skiff, a small flat-bottom rowboat, used for fishing in the Cedar Keys of Florida. The Cedar Keys were known for fishing and for their ports, where ships transported goods to the trans-Florida railroad to avoid sailing around Florida. The Cedar Keys skiff fished for mullet, using a method called gill-net fishing. Gill-net fishing is a technique in which a wall-like net is anchored in shallow waters with weights and buoys. The net is designed to trap the fish's head in the mesh. This model represents a skiff about 20½ feet at the gunwale and 7½ feet wide. The model was built in 1893 and given to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
- ID Number
- TR.76271
- catalog number
- 76271
- accession number
- 28022
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- Description
- The Rochester was a side-wheel Hudson River steamer built in 1836 for the North River Line, New York to Albany. This 1/8 inch scale model was built for the Smithsonian by James W. Jackson.
- date made
- 1836
- ID Number
- TR.318509
- catalog number
- 318509
- accession number
- 236173
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- Description
- This model represents a rowboat called a bushwhack boat, commonly used in Chesapeake Bay. Bushwhack boats were used for hunting waterfowl on the Susquehanna Flats, where the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay meet. They also were used as tenders by sloops and schooners, because they could navigate the rough waters of the Flats. The model represents a boat 18 feet long and about 5 feet wide, made by the Havre de Grace Marina in Maryland. The model was purchased by the Smithsonian in 1963.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- ca 1960s
- ID Number
- TR.322470
- accession number
- 247837
- catalog number
- 322470
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- Description
- Arthur G. Henning, Inc., built this model of the schooner C. C. Mengel, Jr. from Smithsonian plans in 1960. The 1/8" model has four masts and shows the grey hull and copper bottom of the vessel.
- Built in 1916 in Bath, Maine, the C.C. Mengel, Jr. was one of the last wooden four-masted schooners to be built for the coasting trades. At 184.2 feet long, 38.2 feet beam, and 14.9 feet deep, the vessel was designed to carry coal, lumber, and large shipments of other bulk cargos. The Mengel's home port was Pensacola, Florida from 1917 until 1920, when it was sold to a New York owner. The schooner's short career ended in 1922, after it was stranded in the West Indies.
- date made
- 1916
- used date
- 1916-1922
- maker
- Arthur G. Henning Inc.
- ID Number
- TR.318016
- catalog number
- 318016
- accession number
- 232898
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- Description
- The model represents a late 19th-century windlass made by the American Ship Windlass Company in Providence, Rhode Island. A piece of machinery used on ships to lift and lower heavy objects such as anchors, cables, lines or chains, this windlass was powered by
- steam. Pump or hydraulic brakes were included, so that when steam power was not available, the windlass could be hand operated. The Smithsonian received this model from the manufacturer in 1884.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1884
- ID Number
- TR.160186
- catalog number
- 160186
- accession number
- 14636
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- Description
- This model represents a boat known as a galley, which was used for fishing in the Potomac River during the late nineteenth century. The galley was used for shad fishing with a drag seine. Seine fishing was a technique where a net was anchored in place with large wings that encircled and funneled fish into the net. These boats sometimes carried seine nets that were 30 feet deep at the hauling end and 12 feet deep at the shore end. Due to the size of the boat and the weight of the load, a galley could have 15-25 oars, most manned by two people. This model represents a galley 72 feet long and about 4 feet wide. The model was built in 1883 and was given to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
- date made
- 1883
- ID Number
- TR.55877
- catalog number
- 55877
- accession number
- 7809
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- Description
- This brass model represents an engine invented in the late 19th century by Herbert Wadsworth of Avon, NY. Powered by steam, the engine steered ships by controlling the rudder. The engine included a hand operated flat-slide valve. The model was given to the Smithsonian in 1932.
- date made
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- TR.310475
- catalog number
- 310475
- accession number
- 119413
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- Description
- The model represents a boat called a hydrodrome, invented by Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin. This example models the HD-4, fourth in the experimental series of the type. Launched in 1918, the HD-4 had hydrofoils, or fins under the boat that lifted it out of the water to go faster. The HD-4 was powered originally by two 250-hp Renault engines, later replaced by two 360-hp Liberty engines. On 9 September 1919, Bell’s HD-4 achieved the world record for the maximum speed of a watercraft at 70.86 mph, or 61.58 knots. Composed of wood with steel fittings, the HD-4 was 60 feet long overall. The model was given to the Smithsonian in 1962.
- date made
- ca 1960
- ID Number
- TR.321484
- catalog number
- 321484
- accession number
- 245895
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- Description
- This model represents the twin-screw turbo-electric steamer S. S. California built to 1/8" scale. It has two stacks, a black hull, red bottom paint, and white superstructure. The steamship California was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, in Virginia, for the Panama Pacific Line. At her launching in 1928, the California was the largest America-built liner and the world's largest commercial vessel with electric propulsion. The California was built especially for service through the Panama Canal on the run between New York and San Francisco, with stops at intermediate ports. With a speed of 21-3/4 miles an hour, the California was advertised to reach California in 13 days, two days faster than usual. In 1937 the vessel was sold to the United States Maritime Commission and rebuilt for service between the U.S. and South America. Renamed Uruguay, the ship ran between New York and Buenos Aires until 1942 when it was converted to a troop transport for the War Shipping Administration. After the war the Uruguay returned to service and in 1964 was broken up in New Jersey. This model was given to the Smithsonian in 1952.
- Date made
- 1928
- used date
- 1928-1964
- ID Number
- TR.314251
- catalog number
- 314251
- accession number
- 196508
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- Description
- These two models represent launches, a type of motorboat used during Prohibition to smuggle liquor. Using crates filled with hay, liquor bottles were disguised as hams and stored in the holds of the launch. The Viola and Ruby smuggled goods from supply ships to the shore. Rumrunners were fast, with speeds up to 30 knots, and quiet, with movable exhaust pipes which could be lowered underwater to muffle the sound. The Viola and the Ruby were powered by single-screw Sterling Viking gasoline engines. Both launches were built in Essex, CT around 1930, and were 55 feet long and 11 feet wide. The models were built in 1962 from the designer’s plans by Major John W. Moroney of the U.S. Air Force.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1962
- ID Number
- TR.319929
- catalog number
- 319929
- accession number
- 241523
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- Description
- Boucher-Lewis Precision Models, Inc., built this ¼ inch model from Smithsonian plans in 1965. The model shows the vessel fitted out for work, with a derrick for lifting heavy material just forward of the pilot house. The New Jersey Central logo is shown in a red circle on the single stack.
- The steam harbor lighter Mauch Chunk was built in 1912 by Harlan and Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware. It was 118' long, with a beam of 31' 6", and a depth of 12' 9". It was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey for general harbor service in the New York area. The derrick's lifting capacity was 12 tons.
- date made
- 1912
- used date
- 1912
- maker
- Boucher-Lewis Precision Models, Inc.
- ID Number
- TR.325516
- catalog number
- 325516
- accession number
- 260197
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- Description
- The Luckenbach Line donated this 1/4" scale model to the Smithsonian in 1967. A portion of the model's starboard hull is cut away, revealing the ship's cargo holds packed with barrels, sacks, lumber, boxes, and coal. The engine room, bridge, crew's quarters, and passenger accommodations are also visible. The deck of the model includes winches, derricks, masts and booms for cargo handling. The single stack is painted black and displays a white "L" on a red band, the insignia of the Luckenbach Steamship Company. On the port side of the hull the name "Luckenbach Line" appears in large white letters.
- The steamship Lewis Luckenbach was built in 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., in Quincy, Massachusetts. Its dimensions were 496.2 feet long, 68.2 feet beam, and 37.2 feet depth. This was the second steamship named for the founder of the Luckenbach Line, the first having been built in 1903. With its sister ship, the Andrea Luckenbach, the second Lewis Luckenbach joined the line's fleet of intercoastal freighters on runs between New York and California. The ship could carry over 700 carloads of freight in its massive holds. Accommodations were modest compared to passenger liners, but the rates for "travel by freighter" were affordable at between $215 and $255 for roundtrip passage between Seattle and Brooklyn, NY, in 1936. During World War II the ship was converted to an Army hospital ship and renamed Louis A. Milne, for the surgeon who served New York's Port of Embarkation from 1937 to 1943. The vessel was scrapped in 1958.
- date made
- 1919
- used date
- 1919-1958
- ID Number
- TR.327977
- catalog number
- 327977
- accession number
- 272605
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- Description
- This model represents a dory, a type of small boat commonly used by in New England during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dories were usually carried on the decks of large fishing vessels in the latter half of the nineteenth century. They were launched into the open sea from the deck of the mother ship to fish, which along the New England coast was usually for cod or halibut. Dories also were used to trawl, a fishing technique in which a long line had hundreds or thousands of baited hooks. Typically manned by one or two people, dories relied on oars and occasionally sails. This model represents a dory 18½ feet at the gunwale and 5 feet wide. The model was built in 1876 and was given to the Smithsonian by the boat builders, Starling & Stevens of Ferryville, Maine.
- date made
- 1876
- ID Number
- TR.55792
- accession number
- 3017
- catalog number
- 55792
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- Description
- This model represents a sail scooter. Scooters were used for winter recreation and racing along the Hudson River, as well as other frozen bodies of water in Michigan and Wisconsin. Designed like a sailboat, a scooter has runners like a sled together with sails, which propel it across ice. The model is rigged with sails and has two white paddles. It was donated to the Smithsonian in 1961 by William H. Harless of East Moriches, NY.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TR.319028
- catalog number
- 319028
- accession number
- 236176
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- Description
- This model represents a sailing dory, a small rowboat used by fisheries in New England during the late nineteenth century. This type was used near Rockport, Massachusetts. Dories were used both inshore and on the open sea in New England. Dory fishing could be for cod or halibut. This example had two oars and two sails, a sprit-mainsail and a jib. This model represents a dory 23 feet long and about 5 feet wide. It was built in 1882 and given to the Smithsonian by Captain J.W. Collins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- TR.160179
- catalog number
- 160179
- accession number
- 10380
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- Description
- This model represents a skiff, a type of sailboat used in Sinepuxent Bay, an inland waterway in Maryland. V-bottomed skiffs were built on Chincoteague Island by three different boat builders. This type of watercraft was used for fishing, as well as catching crab and oysters. They were commonly manned by two people, but could also be sailed singlehanded. The model represents a skiff constructed in 1905 about 20 feet long and 8 feet in beam. The model was built in 1963 by John W. Parker from plans at the Smithsonian.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- date made
- 1963
- ID Number
- TR.322466
- accession number
- 247836
- catalog number
- 322466
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- Description
- This 1/8 inch scale model of the Newark was donated to the Smithsonian in 1969. The model shows the containership loaded with standard shipping containers stacked on deck. The stack of the ship is marked with the Sea-Land insignia and the containers are all marked with the Sea-Land logo.
- The Newark was built as a C-4 troopship by the Kaiser Co., Inc., at Richmond, California, in 1945, the vessel was launched as the General H. B. Freeman. In 1968 it was owned by the Containership Chartering Service, of Wilmington, Delaware, and converted to a containership at Todd Shipyards Corporation, in Galveston, Texas. Renamed Newark, it joined a fleet of "trailerships" operated by Sea-Land Service, Inc., for hauling freight. The reference to "trailers" reflects the background of Sea-Land's founder, trucking entrepreneur Malcom McLean, whose early experiments with loading truck trailers on ships are acknowledged as the advent of modern intermodal, containerized transportation.
- date made
- 1968
- used date
- 1945
- ID Number
- TR.329680
- catalog number
- 329680
- accession number
- 283578
