HMCo #106p [Cutter for U.S.S. Dolphin]

"28ft Length. 6ft 8in Beam. 3ft 9 1/2in Depth. 3ft Draft. 4 1/4in & 7in x 7in engi[ine]s. E Sq[uare] boiler. 11 1/4in center to center frames. Engines forward of Boiler." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Handwritten Note in Casting Record Books Vessel Castings Book 4, s.v. Steamer 106. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120. No date (1878 to 1887).)

"Mean speed [during trial] 9.30 miles." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Note in handwritten experiments and trials booklet titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments 1884 to 1889' dated May 1, 1884. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"THE HERRESHOFF WORKS AT BRISTOL. ... The firm has made a specialty of small navy launches, and in the bending shop are stored two, one small one that was on the Tallapoosa when she sank being on its way to join its ship, the Dolphin. It broke loose and floated to the surface, where it was picked up and sent to the builders for renovation. Beside it is a larger boat of similar build, also for navy use. Both of these boats are fitted with folding hoods of peculiar construction. The framework is composed of a series of bows or arches of bent wood, running fore and aft. The ends of each are hinged to the deck, one forward and one aft of the cockpit, and when they are folded down half the bows lie on the starboard deck and half of them on the port. Each of these sets of bows is covered with canvas, one edge of the latter being secured to the deck. In use the two sides may be swung up until they meet at the top, their general arrangement being somewhat on the plan of an ordinary buggy top. When in this position they form an arched roof over the boat. If desired, the windward side only is raised, making a shelter, or in rough water one or both sides may be raised a few inches, keeping out all spray. ... [Note: U.S.S. Tallapoosa collided with the schooner J. S. Lowell and sank about five miles from Vineyard Haven, Rhode Island on August 24, 1884. She was subsequently raised and recommissioned. As per the Bristol Phoenix of July 26, 1884, p. 2, U.S.S. Tallapoosa had visited Bristol and HMCo between July 21, 1884 and July 22, 1884. Was this to pick up the launch for U.S.S. Dolphin?]" (Source: Anon. (W. P. Stephens). "The Herreshoff Works at Bristol." Forest and Stream, April 16, 1885, p. 236, 237.)

"A steam launch about thirty feet in length, built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., of this town, for the United States steamer Dolphin, steamed down the bay to Newport Monday [December 21, 1885] evening, and was placed on board the Dolphin." (Source: Anon. "Local Affairs." Bristol Phoenix, December 25, 1885, p. 2.)

"[Item Description:] Casting Book # 4, steamers #40p, #54p, #57p, #63p, #67p, #70p, #79p, #89p, #92p, #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #103p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #107p, #108p, #109p, #110p, #111p, #112p, #113p, #114p, #115p, #116p, #117p, #118p, #119p, #120p, #121p, #122p, #123p, #124p, #125p, #126p, #127p, #128p, #129p, #130p, #131p, #132p, #133p, #134p, #135p, #136p, #137p, #138p, #139p, #140p, #141p, #142p, #143p, #144p, #145p, #146p, #147p [castings by hull number; front page shows summary size and engine and boiler data for steamers 99 thru 146 as well as repair data for steamers #40p, #54p, #57p, #63p, #67p, #70p, #79p, #89p, #92p, #118p, and #128p]. Undated, vessels mentioned were built between 1878 and 1887. Dates mentioned for repairs range from 1885 to 1887. Note considerable informational overlap with Casting Book # 1, which as in this book also contains data for #99p through #116p, although it appears (!) that Book # 4 lists more patterns per boat than Book # 1. Likewise, considerable overlap with Casting Books # 2 and # 3 which also contain data for boats that are also listed in book # 4. It may well be that information in Book # 4 was copied from books # 1, # 2 and 3." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-07. Castings Book 4. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Vessel Castings Book 4. No date (1878 to 1887).)
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"[Item Description:] Work order notebook [Titled Nathl G. Herreshoff, Esq., Bristol R.I.; 1882-1887, mostly signed by N.G.H., later ones by C.H.K.; material and item orders relating to #400s CONSUELO, #401s ROMP and steamers #89p, #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #110p, #111p, #113p, #118p, #119p, #120p, #122p, #123p, #140p, #146p; many orders from the marine store of A. B. Babbitt at Tiverton]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Work Order Notebook. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-04. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Sketch and Order Book 1882-1887 NGH CHK. 1882 to 1887.)
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"[Item Description:] Casting Book # 1, steamers #99p, #100p, #101p, #102p, #103p, #104p, #105p, #106p, #107p, #108p, #109p, #110p, #111p, #112p, #113p, #114p, #115p, #116p [castings by hull number]. Undated, vessels mentioned were built between 1883 and 1884. Note considerable informational overlap with Casting Book # 4, which also contains data for all of the boats mentioned in this book, although it appears (!) that Book # 4 lists more patterns per boat than Book # 1. Likewise, considerable overlap with sometimes identical information with Casting Book # 2." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.120-09. Castings Book 1. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Casting Record Books Vessel Castings Book 1. No date (1883 to 1884).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) experiments and trials booklet titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments 1883 to 1884'. Relevant contents:
§21: #106p [CUTTER FOR U.S.S. DOLPHIN] Trial Run (1884-03-28 to 1884-04-05)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_03950. Folder [no #]. 1883-03 to 1884-04.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Handwritten (in ink) memorandum:] DOLPHIN's Launches [#106p and ?]
Hull Length 28ft. Beam 6ft 9in x 3ft 8in depth.
Engines 4 1/4 & 7 x 7 weight 403lbs.
Boilers 34in sq[uare] x 28in height, weight 1269lbs (weight of boiler with every thing excepting stack & water).
Tank & water copper 5ft long, 3ft wide, 7in deep, about 30gals, weight water & tank = 3801[lbs?].
Coal 3/4 tons. 1680[lbs].
Sundries. Total Weight, no coal, of launch 5500lbs. Shaft, with couplings, 157lbs. Rudder & stock 57lbs. Propeller 51lbs.
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Whale Boats [#108p THETIS and #109p CUB]
Hull Length 28ft 2in x Beam 7ft 9in x 3ft 2in Depth.
Engine 3 1/2in x 7in. Approximated weight 175lbs.
Boiler 30in sq[uare] x 2ft 2in height (990lbs complete).
Tank & water. Copper 2ft 6in length x 2ft 7in wide x 46in deep, about 24gal[?], 229[?]lbs.
Coal 1 ton 2260[lbs].
Sundries.
Propeller 24, shaft 105lbs with couplings & c.
Weight of W[hale] Boat #108 & 109 with all mach[inery] and tools, rudder & side canvas 3230lbs (sail & anchors &c. 280lbs [=] 3510lbs. No coal included.
[On verso:] Added Whale Boat. Maximum speed 8 1/2 miles per hour. Consumption at 6 1/2 miles 25lbs per hours. Comodations for 25 persons.
Copy given to Mr. Bush Apr[il] 16, [18]84.
C.H.K. [with other (possibly unrelated) difficult to read penciled text in a different hand]." (Source: C.H.K. (creator). Memorandum. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_01940. Folder [no #]. 1884-04-16.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink and pencil) experiments and trials booklet titled 'Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Experiments 1884 to 1889. N.G. Herreshoff'. Relevant contents:
§2: #106p [CUTTER FOR U.S.S. DOLPHIN] Trial Run (1884-05-01)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_03520. Folder [no #]. 1884-05 to 1890-05.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #106p [Cutter for U.S.S. Dolphin] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• Cutter for USS Dolphin (HMCo-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

Name: Cutter for Dolphin
Type: Steam
Length: 28'
Owner: U.S. Navy

Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. "A Partial List of Herreshoff Clients." In: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Herreshoff Yachts. Bristol, Rhode Island, ca. 1931.

• Cutter for USS Dolphin
• Note: The L. Francis Herreshoff index cards comprise a set of some 1200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and / or ownership information. Apparently compiled in the early 1930s, for later HMCo-built boats like the Fishers Island 23s or the Northeast Harbor 30s are not included. Added to in later decades, apparently by L. F. Herreshoff as well as his long-time secretary Muriel Vaughn and others. Also 46 cards of L. F. Herreshoff-designed vessels. The original set of index cards is held by the Herreshoff Marine Museum and permission to display is gratefully acknowledged.

Name: Dolphin
Type: 28' steam cutter for the "Dolphin"
Owner: U.S. Navy
Row No.: 162

Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. "Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats." In: Herreshoff, L. Francis. Capt. Nat Herreshoff. The Wizard of Bristol. New York, 1953, p. 325-343.

Year: 1884
E/P/S: P
No.: 106
OA: 28'

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"Make 3ft.-9in. deep (or 4in. deeper than model [no. 121 for #94p Launch for U.S.S. Albatross]) for st[eame]r 106. Frames spaced 11 1/4in. apart, thus making st[eame]r 28ft.-2in. long. Crown of deck 2 1/8in. in 6ft 9in."" (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. [Handwritten notes.] Offset booklet HH.4.10 in the Hart Nautical Collections at M.I.T., June 30, 1882.)

"... Str. #106 - 28Ft. long. 4 1/4+7x7 Eng[ine]. E Sq[uare] [Boiler]. ... " (Source: Anon. [Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. (N. G. Herreshoff?)] No Title. [Handwritten Notes on Outer Cover of Notebook.] No date [ca. late 1880s.] Notebook in the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, The Francis Russel Hart Nautical Collections, M.I.T. Museum, Cambridge, Mass., obj. no. HH.6.120.)

"W[ei]g[h]t of St[eame]r 106. All equipment on board and a little coal and water5535 lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Experiments Booklet 1883 to 1884 under date of March 28, 1884. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"Total Weight, no coal, of launch 5500lbs. Shaft, with couplings, 157lbs. Rudder & stock 57lbs. Propeller 51lbs." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Handwritten (in ink) memorandum dated April 16, 1884 in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.