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- harvey1847, Aussie048, Chuck and 5 others
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- Chuck, Chuck Seiler, WackoWolf and 7 others
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Hi Chuck,
I think the British used the cannon ball method to shorten the mast before taking possession of their Prize.
Mike
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Thanks Nils,
The framing is going very well and I expect to start the fairly soon. There is a lot of great builds on the site and I hope she will slide into the middle when complete.
Hi Chuck,
The Washington in the painting certainly could be my ship. The lines are about the same. It does look like the forward mast was shortened by the British some.. You are doing excellent work on the Philadelphia.
Mike
- Saburo and Chuck Seiler
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- mtaylor, Elmer Cornish, Saburo and 4 others
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Hi Chuck,
I talked to Jeff Staudt the designer of the Washington model plans and he said there was eight different ships named USS Washington and his plans are for the third USS Washington. I had mistakenly listed the history for the second USS Washington and will revise her history to correct the mistake. The answer to your question is she was one of the galleys used on Lake Champlain.
Thanks for your question it is good to know which ship I am building. LOL
Mike
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- harvey1847, Aussie048, mij and 5 others
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- WackoWolf, Aussie048, Elmer Cornish and 2 others
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- Elmer Cornish, Saburo, harvey1847 and 3 others
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Thanks JesseLee,
I am glad you like the photos.
Mike
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Thanks Patrick,
She will be planked from the waterline up and with standing rigging only. I plan on leaving part of the deck planking off to show to show the lower deck details.
Mike
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- Saburo, Aussie048, Mirabell61 and 6 others
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- LFrankCPA, qwerty2008, catopower and 9 others
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- Saburo, KevinR, Mirabell61 and 8 others
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Hi Greg,
Excellent workmanship on your model of the Pennsylvania she is a real beauty. Ratlines always seem to take forever.
Mike
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Hi Daniel,
Thanks, I like to use ribbands on the amidships section and small jigs at the bow and stern. I won’t be filling the space between the frames on this ship but I will on my next build.
I made a small saw tooth jig to hold the bow cant frames in place while the glue dried. These photos show how I used it.
- qwerty2008, Mirabell61, WackoWolf and 7 others
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- harvey1847, mtaylor, aykutansin and 7 others
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History:
Source DICTIONARY OF American Naval Fighting ships
There had been eight different ships named USS Washington.The third Washington—a lateen-rigged, two-masted galley—was built on Lake Champlain at Skenesboro N.Y., in the autumn of 1776. On 6 October 1776, the galley joined the small fleet established and commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold.
Washington—commanded by Brigadier General David Waterbury, Arnold's second in command—was among Arnold's ships that anchored in the lee of Valcour Island to await the expected English move. When that lakeward push began, Capt. Thomas Pringle, RN, led a 25-ship fleet past Valcour Island on 11 October. Pringle sighted the American fleet after he had passed it and attacked from leeward. In the ensuing action, Washington suffered the heaviest damage of any ship in Arnold's fleet; Waterbury, her commander, subsequently reported that she was ". . . so torn to pieces that it was almost impossible to keep her above water."
Arnold regrouped his shattered fleet and slipped past the British on 12 October with muffled oars, the Americans slipping noiselessly past Pringle's fleet in a desperate attempt at escape. However, after a long chase, the British caught the retreating Continental force the following day, on 13 October, at Split Rock near Crown Point.
Arnold managed to beach and destroy four of the galleys and his own flagship, Congress, while most of the remaining ships escaped upriver. Only Washington —at the rear of the van—was captured by the enemy; she struck her colors, as Arnold reported later, "... after receiving a few broadsides."
Washington was eventually taken into British service, apparently retaining her name, and was re-rigged as a brig. Her subsequent fate, however, is unrecorded.
The Model:
The model was designed by Jeff Staudt and is one of several he designed in a series of models of ships used during the war of 1812.
The building board I use is a gantry type and I thought I would include a couple pictures of it with the framing plan in place.
Gunboat PHILADELPHIA 1776 by Chuck Seiler - Scale 1:48 - from Model Shipways plans
in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Hi Chuck,
Nice work on the stove. I doubt very much if it was used where it is stored.
Mike