This is a model of the 44-gun frigate, nicknamed Old Ironsides.
It is perhaps the most famous vessel in the history of the U.S. navy.
This model is hand made and measures 19 7/8" long x 16" high and
3 1/4" wide
Mounting 28 carriage guns it is a force to be reckoned with.
Aloft
Deck
Longboat
Rigging
Port Stern
Port Bow
Stbd Stern
Specifications of the Original Ship
Builders: Col. George Claghorn, Edmond Harrt's Shipyard, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Cost: $302,718 (1797 dollars)
Propulsion: 42,710 ft² (4,000 m²) of sail on three masts
Mast height: foremast, 198 ft (60 m); mainmast, 220 ft (67 m);
mizzenmast, 172.5 ft (52.56 m)
Displacement: 2,200 t
Speed: 13 kts (24 km/h)
Boats: one 36 ft (11 m) long boat; two 30 ft (9 m) cutters, two 28 ft
(9 m) whaleboats; one 28 ft (9 m) gig; one 22 ft (7 m) jolly boat; and one
14 ft (4 m) punt
Anchors: two main bowers 5300 lb (2,400 kg); one sheet anchor 5400 lb
(2,400 kg); one stream anchor 1100 lb (500 kg); and two kedge anchors
400-700 lb (180-320 kg)
