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    February 7th. 1815 - The Board of Naval Commissioners, a group of senior officers, is established to oversee the operation and maintenance of the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. 1955 - Seventh Fleet ships begin evacuation of Chinese nationalists from Tachen Islands 1965 - In response to a Viet Cong attack on barracks area at Pleiku, South Vietnam, aircraft from carriers, USS Coral Sea, USS Hancock, and USS Ranger attack North Vietnamese area near Donghoi.
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    Both of you are covering everything. My sources have all the same info. Marc
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    1894 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
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    On this day in History: 1709 - British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe". 1800 - USS Constellation (CAPT Thomas Truxtun) defeats la Vengeance. 1862 - USS Hartford, Captain David G. Farragut, departs Hampton Roads for Mississippi River campaign.
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    1662 - Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders to Chinese pirates. 1788 - 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet. 1941 - United States Fleet reorganized, reviving Atlantic and Pacific Fleets 1942 - USS Enterprise and Yorktown make first WW II air strike, Japanese Marshall Islands 1955 - Operation Deep Freeze, a research task force, established in Antarctic
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    1944 - American amphibious landing on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands 1961 - Lieutenant Commander Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes first African-American to command a combat ship, USS Falgout 1981 - Era of Enlisted Naval Aviators ends when last pilot retired
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    1944 - American amphibious landing on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. 1961 - Lieutenant Commander Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes first African-American to command a combat ship, USS Falgout. 1981 - Era of Enlisted Naval Aviators ends when last pilot retired.
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    The more contributors, the more historical information. Cool beans. Marc
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    On this day the 29th of January: 1914 - U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate 1943 - Beginning of 2 day battle of Rennell Island after which U.S. transports reached Guadalcanal
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    Duff, Thanks for the tips. I had the same thought about worming and parceling. Not on the scale I am working on. Too many bumps. Happy building.................Marc
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    01-28 1915 - In the country's first such action against American shipping interests on the high seas, the captain of a German cruiser orders the destruction of the William P. Frye, an American merchant ship. 1915 - Congress passed legislation creating the U.S. Coast Guard.
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    I find this an exceptional built. Awesome, drooling over the detailed work you put into her. I am picking up some ideas and tips. Thank you for sharing. Marc
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    To Banyan and Popeye2sea; Thank you both for the description. It is very clear and the reason for doing this. Also, after I created a thread on this I looked it up in the book, "The ships of Abel Tasman". In the book on page 68 it clearly shows that the first leg of the forward shroud is served. Even though, the Mary is a yacht and her sails do not really touch any of the rigging, I thought of doing it anyway as a practice, once I start on the ships of Tasman. First the war yacht - Heemskerck and then the fluyt - Zeehaen. This will be a couple of years away. Before all this, I will do my first scratch which is the Statenjacht - Utrecht. Marc
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    Pat; I have done the serving where they fit around the mast. Shrouds: most forward leg of each pair I understand. Other question. On the Mary, I have 2 pairs of shrouds. So 4 total. From left to right | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | no. 4 is the leading leg of the set (3 | 4), I serve that all the way down. Would no. 2 also be a leading leg of the set (1 | 2)? The book is on my wish list on Amazon. Marc
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    1900 Hyman Rickover, American admiral who is considered the "Father of the Atomic Submarine." 1671 - Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
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    Sir Samuel Hood was a busy man.
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    On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying the first 736 convicts banished from England to Australia land in Botany Bay. Over the next 60 years, approximately 50,000 criminals were transported from Great Britain to the "land down under," in one of the strangest episodes in criminal-justice history.
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    http://www.hnsa.org/doc/steel/ This is David Steele's book on line or you can get it here: http://modelshipworldforum.com/resources/Rigging_and_Sails/Steel1796-TheArtofRigging.pdf http://www.modelboatyard.com/stropping.html This one is really good as it shows it step by step in color.
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    Very nice, This boat is on my future build list and I am always interested in anything VOC. Marc
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    Thank you for the info. I have Steel's and Peterson books. My models are all Dutch so I look under Continental. Presently building the Royal Dutch Mary which is a yacht and I have been looking at the plans from the Statenjacht Utrecht and they are very similar. Not much changed from 1600 to 1700. Steel's book can be difficult to read so I will give it a try again. Thank you Marc
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    Military History - 25th Jan. On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress authorizes the first national Revolutionary War memorial in honor of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, who had been killed during an assault on Quebec on December 31, 1775. The Israeli submarine Dakar, carrying 69 sailors, disappears on this day in 1968 and is never seen again. The exact fate of this vessel remains a mystery to this day. 1579 - Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic (VERY important) 1775 - Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1856 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians 1865 - CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
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    Several Questions: 1 - What are the rules of the amount of serving a line/rope? 2 - How do you know which vertical line on a ship needs to be served, and how much? 1/2? 3/4? I know it depends on the type of ship, what country is it from and what century. But are there some general rules and are there any books available. I looked in some of my books but there is no details. Several people on this site mention Steele (sp). I have looked at many models on this site and others and it gets confusing. I like to be accurate about all the models I make. Thank you, Marc
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    Beautiful, and your attention for detail is superb. Love the basket (something I need to try). The diorama looks great and the brown reed grass almost looks real. Thank you for showing your excellent work. In general I like diorama's as they complete the environment where the ship is. Boats on or in cradles look naked to me. I have to learn how to do diorama's as well. Anyway, awesome work. Marc
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    01-24-2014 On this day in 1781, Patriot commanders Lieutenant Colonel Light Horse Henry Lee and Brigadier General Francis Swamp Fox Marion of the South Carolina militia combine forces and conduct a raid onGeorgetown, South Carolina, which is defended by 200 British soldiers. German naval forces under Admiral Franz von Hipper, encouraged by the success of a surprise attack on the British coastal towns of Hartlepool and Scarborough the previous month, set off toward Britain once again, only to be intercepted by a squadron of British cruisers led by Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty on the morning of January 24, 1915, near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea.
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    I was looking at the block which will be located at the bow. I re-did it and created one from Popular in shape of a heart, or that is what they call it (I think). The Statenjacht - Utrecht has it as well and some of my other models from the same era too. View of the heart/pear shaped block. Measuring how wide. Made it 3mm wide. Finished product on the right and a picture of what it looks like on the "Utrecht". Marc

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