Model No. 426: Navette

Model by: NGH
Made when: June 1916
Stated model scale: 1/24
Model length (ca.): 55.4" (140.6cm)
Implied vessel LOA at 1/24 (ca.): 110' 9" (33.7m)
Power/Sail: P
Vessel Type: High Speed Steam Yacht
Model location: H.M.M. Model Room West Wall Left

Vessels from this model:
1 built, modeled by NGH

Original text on model:
"Scale 1/2" July 1916 Made 3 feet longer at stern NAVETTE for J. P. Morgan Esq." (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)

Model description:
"114'2" Navette, J.P. Morgan's twin screw, steam powered fast commuter of 1916. Stem was extended 3' beyond what model indicates." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)

Model discussion:
"[1916-06-11] Sun 11: Overcast & nearly calm. L[igh]t r[ain in] PM. ... At work on model for St[eame]r [Navette?] for J. P. Morgan.
[1916-06-23] Fri 23: Very fine day. Call on J. P. Morgan to talk about an express steamer [#303p Navette]. ...
[1916-07-09] Sun 9: T[hunder] & L[ightning] early [with] a little rain. At work on model [Probably model 426 for Navette which was made longer in July 1916]. ..." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1916. Manuscript (excerpts). Herreshoff Marine Museum Collection.)