Model No. 404: Stiletto

Model by: NGH
Made when: February 1885 (?)
Model length (ca.): 30.2" (76.8cm)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: High Speed Steam Yacht (later 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:
"STILETTO 1/2" = 1" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"94' loa Stiletto, fast steam yacht of 1885. Correctly anticipating the outcome and the attendant publicity, the Herreshoff brothers raced the speedy Hudson River passenger steamer Mary Powell --- and won! Soon afterwards, she was purchased by the navy and converted to fire torpedoes." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)