Model No. 401: Cushing

Model by: NGH
Made when: 1887
Calculated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 69.6" (176.7cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 139' 2" (42.4m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: Navy Steam Torpedo Boat
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"151 [should be 152] CUSHING" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"138' loa Cushing, U.S. Navy's Torpedo Boat #1 of 1890. Riveted steel hull with quadruple-expansion steam engine." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Comment:
"See also NGH design booklet entry dated June 30, 1888. 'Weighing of model of Str #152 Torpedo Boat. Scale of model 1/24. ... 1st weighing. ... Disp[lacement] = ... 100.2 Tons. ... 2nd weighing. ... Disp[lacement] = ... 97.8 Tons. ... 3rd weighing. Water line down... Disp[lacement] = ... 105.2 Tons. ... July 23 [1888] Altered model in aft. body and reweighed. ... Disp[lacement] 103.2 Tons.' as well as NGH design booklet entry dated August 2, 1888. 'Re weighing of model for Str #152 under same conditions as on July 23 [1888]], i.e. to water line marked on back of model, as a verification of that weighing. ... Disp[lacement] = ... 102.8 Tons. ' " (Source: van der Linde, Claas. September 16, 2014.)

Related model(s):
Model 0401 by NGH (1887); #152p Cushing
Model 1422 by NGH (1887); power