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OverviewUp 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William L. CrothersPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.971kg ISBN: 9780786470068ISBN 10: 0786470062 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 07 June 2013 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s Alphabetical List of Vessels Chronological List of Vessels One. Preparation for Construction Two. Woods Used in Ship Construction Three. General Characteristics of Packet and Freighter Hulls Four. Fastenings Five. Scarphs Six. Representative Midship Sections Seven. Keel Assembly Eight. Stem and Sternpost Assemblies Nine. Square Frames and Floors Ten. Keelson and Deadwood Assemblies Eleven. Half Frames, Cant Frames, and Bow and Stern Timbering Twelve. Stiffening the Hull; Hold Ceiling Thirteen. Hooks and Pointers Fourteen. Stanchions Fifteen. Beams and Knees Sixteen. Mast Steps and Mast Trusses Seventeen. Clamps, Waterways, Binding Strakes, and Tween Decks Ceiling Eighteen. Planksheer, Bulwarks and Rails Nineteen. Forecastle and Poop Decks, Hatch Coamings, Bitts, and Deck Planking Twenty. Salting, Exterior Hull Planking, Head of Ship, and Moulded Edges Twenty-One. Cargo Ports, Scuppers, Channels, Rudder, and Side Lights Twenty-Two. Metal Sheathing Twenty-Three. Colors of the Ships Twenty-Four. Hull Ornamentation Twenty-Five. Figureheads and Billetheads Twenty-Six. Weather Deck Arrangements Twenty-Seven. The Ship’s Outfit Twenty-Eight. Ships’ Interiors Twenty-Nine. Masting Arrangements Thirty. Rigging Thirty-One. Flags and Signals Thirty-Two. The Wake of the Ships Conclusion Appendix: Contract for Ingalls and Shephard, Sullivan, Maine, to Build a Hermaphrodite Brig, 1855 Glossary References IndexReviewsan 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. an absolutely essential book --<i>Nautical Research Journal</i>; 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 --<i>The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord</i>. Author InformationBefore 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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