American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s

An Illustrated Study of Their Characteristics and Construction

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Up and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed numerous large wooden merchant sailing vessels that formed the backbone of the commercial shipping industry. This comprehensive volume appraises in minute detail the construction of these ships, outlining basic design criteria and enumerating and examining every plank and piece of timber involved in the process, including the keel, frames, hull and deck planking, stanchions, knees, deck houses, bulworks, railings, interior structures and arrangements. More than 150 illustrations illuminate the size, shape, location and pertinent specifics of each item. Complete with a glossary of contemporary industry terms, this work represents the definitive study of the mid-nineteenth century's great American-built square rigged ships.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-06-07
Mått:216 x 279 x 21 mm
Vikt:971 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:408
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786470068

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Before his retirement in 1972, William L. Crothers worked as a draftsman in the design division of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He is also the author of books on the construction of American clipper ships American packets and freighters of the 1850s.

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“an absolutely essential book”—Nautical Research Journal; “a brilliant analysis of how American wood-built packets and freighters were constructed in the 1850s and their subsequent development. Crothers has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of American maritime history...definitive”—The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord.

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionAmerican-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850sAlphabetical List of VesselsChronological List of VesselsOne. Preparation for ConstructionTwo. Woods Used in Ship ConstructionThree. General Characteristics of Packet and Freighter HullsFour. FasteningsFive. ScarphsSix. Representative Midship SectionsSeven. Keel AssemblyEight. Stem and Sternpost AssembliesNine. Square Frames and FloorsTen. Keelson and Deadwood AssembliesEleven. Half Frames, Cant Frames, and Bow and Stern TimberingTwelve. Stiffening the Hull; Hold CeilingThirteen. Hooks and PointersFourteen. StanchionsFifteen. Beams and KneesSixteen. Mast Steps and Mast TrussesSeventeen. Clamps, Waterways, Binding Strakes, and Tween Decks CeilingEighteen. Planksheer, Bulwarks and RailsNineteen. Forecastle and Poop Decks, Hatch Coamings, Bitts, and Deck PlankingTwenty. Salting, Exterior Hull Planking, Head of Ship, and Moulded EdgesTwenty-One. Cargo Ports, Scuppers, Channels, Rudder, and Side LightsTwenty-Two. Metal SheathingTwenty-Three. Colors of the ShipsTwenty-Four. Hull OrnamentationTwenty-Five. Figureheads and BilletheadsTwenty-Six. Weather Deck ArrangementsTwenty-Seven. The Ship’s OutﬁtTwenty-Eight. Ships’ InteriorsTwenty-Nine. Masting ArrangementsThirty. RiggingThirty-One. Flags and SignalsThirty-Two. The Wake of the ShipsConclusionAppendix: Contract for Ingalls and Shephard, Sullivan, Maine, to Build a Hermaphrodite Brig, 1855GlossaryReferencesIndex