Herreshoff #191729es [Dory for #323p SP-2840]
Particulars
Type: Dory
Finished: 1917-11-13
Job No.: 9491
Construction: Wood
LOA: 18' 0" (5.49m)
LWL: 13' 6.75" (4.13m)
Beam: 4' 8.25" (1.43m)
Draft: 1' 10" (0.56m)
Built for: Morgan, J. P. [for U.S. Navy]
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Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
Herreshoff #191729es [Dory for #323p SP-2840] are listed in bold.
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Dwg 028-052 [076-128] (HH.5.02051); Construction Dwg > 18' Dory for # 323, 18' x 13'-6 3/4" x 4'-8 1/2" x 22" (1917-11-13)
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Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)
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Supplement
Research Note(s)
"18ft Dory for #323 [SP-2840 Herreshoff #323]. 18ft x 13'-6 3/4" x 4' - 8 1/4[?]" x 22. Drawn by A. S. deWH. Approved by A. S. deWH. Nov 13, 1917. Job No. 9491. ... 3 Made for #323." (Source: Notes on plan HH.5.02051 (028-052): Rowing Boats > 18 ft Dory (1917-11-13). Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
"This vessel's building date was determined from notes on the original plan. Plan 28-52 (formerly 76-128) from which this boat was built was drawn 1917-11. The vessel's job number 9491 was assigned ca. 1917-11-13. #323p SP-2840 [Herreshoff #323] (for which this vessel was built) was contracted for 1917. This boat's contract or building date is 316 days after #323p SP-2840 [Herreshoff #323] was contracted for." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 26, 2009.)
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