American-built packets and freighters of the 1850s : an illustrated study of their characteristics and construction / William L. Crothers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crothers, William L., 1912-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Packets--United States--History--19th century.

Packets.

Packets--United States--Design and construction.

Cargo ships--United States--History--19th century.

Cargo ships.

Cargo ships--United States--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co., Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Up and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed wooden merchant sailing vessels forming 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. More than 150 illustrations"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: A Short History of a Long Tradition; 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 TimberingTwelve. 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 ShipsTwenty-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; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7864-9085-3