HMCo #314p Inca

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Particulars

Construction_Record_Title.jpgName: Inca
Later Name(s): Inca SP-1212 (1917-1919), Romance, Just Tom, Camid (1930s), Williwaw (1950s)
Type: Power Patrol Boat Apache Class
Designed by: Swasey, A. Loring
Contract: 1917-3-20
Launch: 1917-7-7
Construction: Wood
LOA: 62' 4" (19.00m)
LWL: 61' 0" (18.59m)
Beam: 10' 11.5" (3.34m)
Draft: 3' 6" (1.07m)
Displ.: 46,000 lbs (20,865 kg)
Propulsion: Gasoline, Sterling, 2 engines, 200 h.p. ; 8 cyl. 5 1/2" x 6 3/4"; 2 [engines] F. -S.
Propeller: Diameter 24", Pitch 28", 3 bl. Columbian, 77 1.R.H. 1.L.H.
Built for: McQuesten, Frank B. [for U.S. Navy]
Amount: $19,000.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Patrol boat. Mr. F. B. McQuesten
Last reported: 2014 (aged 97)

See also:
#191716es [Dinghy for #314p Inca] (1917)

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.

Model

Model number: 3012
Model location: N/A (Missing, nonexistant or unidentified model)

Vessels from this model:
9 built, modeled by Swasey, A. Loring
#310p Snark (1917)
#311p Apache (1917)
#314p Inca (1917)
#315p Ellen (1917)
#316p Kangaroo (1917)
#317p Daiquiri (1917)
#318p Commodore (1917)
#319p Sea Hawk (1917)
#320p War Bug [Warbug] (1917)

Note: This model is missing, is nonexistant or has not been identified. The number of vessels built from it is only an estimate based on similar features, such as dimensions, rig, machinery, etc.

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 119-051 (HH.5.09773) Explore all drawings relating to this boat.

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   HMCo #314p Inca are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 068-030 (HH.5.04834): Steering Arrangement, Rack and Gear Box, No. 203, 206, 207 (1899-11-16)
  2. Dwg 011-038 (HH.5.00964): Outside Bearing for Propeller Shaft (1904-02-23)
  3. Dwg 093-062 (HH.5.07667): Table for Officers # 692 (1910-03-25 ?)
  4. Dwg 005-110 (HH.5.00336.1); General Arrangement > Arr'g't, Ferry Boat, 100' O.A., 28' Beam, 6' Draft (1911-04-27)
  5. Dwg 005-112 (HH.5.00336.4): Section, Midship, Ferry Boat, 100' O.A., 28' Beam, 6' Draft (1911-04-27)
  6. Dwg 005-111 (HH.5.00336.2): Lines, Ferry Boat, 100' O.A., 28' Beam, 6' Draft (1911-11-14)
  7. Dwg 005-111 (HH.5.00336.3): Lines, Ferry Boat, 100' O.A., 28' Beam, 6' Draft (1911-11-14)
  8. Dwg 011-059 (HH.5.00986): Shaft Stuffing Box and Shaft Bearing (1912-03-07)
  9. Dwg 068-086 (HH.5.04892): Details Forward Steering Gear # 289 (1912-09-05)
  10. Dwg 114-096 (HH.5.09596): Anchor Davits (1917-02-22)
  11. Dwg 119-050 (HH.5.09772): Construction Dwg > Framing Plan for Decks (1917-03 ?)
  12. Dwg 119-051 (HH.5.09773): General Arrangement > Patrol Boats 62'-4" L.O.A. x 10'-11" Beam (1917-03 ?)
  13. Dwg 119-052 (HH.5.09774): General Arrangement > Patrol Boats 62'-4" L.O.A. x 10'-11" Beam (1917-03 ?)
  14. Dwg 119-053 (HH.5.09775): General Arrangement > Patrol Boats 62'-4" L.O.A. x 10'-11" Beam (1917-03 ?)
  15. Dwg 119-054 (HH.5.09776): General Arrangement > Patrol Boats 62'-4" L.O.A. x 10'-11" Beam (1917-03 ?)
  16. Dwg 058-058 (HH.5.04129): Propeller Strut # 307, 310, 311 (1917-03-03)
  17. Dwg 058-061 (HH.5.04132): Intermediate Shaft Strut # 307, 310, 311 (1917-03-13)
  18. Dwg 008-060 (HH.5.00759): Propeller Shaft for 307. 310. 311 (1917-03-30 ?)
  19. Dwg 010-067 (HH.5.00911): Shaft Stuffing Box (1917-04-04 ?)
  20. Dwg 082-069 (N/A): Awning Over Cockpit (1917-04-04 ?)
  21. Dwg 085-076 (HH.5.06661): Rail Stanchions (1917-04-04 ?)
  22. Dwg 129-007 (HH.5.10281): Offsets for 62'-4" Patrol Boat (1917-04-05 ?)
  23. Dwg 095-090 (HH.5.07892): Companionway Slide (1917-04-06 ?)
  24. Dwg 129-008 (HH.5.10282): 1 Pdr. Gun Foundation (1917-04-06 ?)
  25. Dwg 129-010 (HH.5.10284): Steering Shelter (1917-04-17)
  26. Dwg 129-011 (N/A): Masts and Spars (1917-04-17 ?)
  27. Dwg 114-098 (HH.5.09598): Boat Davit for 307, 310, 311, 314, etc., Anchor for 309 and 312 (1917-04-18 ?)
  28. Dwg 062-088 A [062-088] (HH.5.04453): Rudder, Post, Emergency Tiller (1917-04-19)
  29. Dwg 081-123 (HH.5.06215): Spars for 307-310-311-314 (1917-04-19)
  30. Dwg 129-012 (HH.5.10285): Stack (1917-04-24 ?)
  31. Dwg 129-013 (N/A): Break Water (1917-04-26 ?)
  32. Dwg 093-084 (HH.5.07687): Forecastle Table (1917-05-02)
  33. Dwg 129-016 (HH.5.10288): Deck Chest (1917-05-02)
  34. Dwg 092-095 (HH.5.07563): General Arrangement > Side Steps (1917-05-04)
  35. Dwg 129-014 (HH.5.10286): Awning Arrangement (1917-05-05)
  36. Dwg 134-088 (HH.5.10926): Automatic Throttle Control for Sterling Engine (1917-05-05)
  37. Dwg 129-017 (HH.5.10289): Locker in Forecastle (1917-05-07)
  38. Dwg 129-015 (HH.5.10287): Lookout Platform, Grab Rail Stanchion (1917-05-08)
  39. Dwg 008-061 (HH.5.00760): Propeller Shaft for 314 (1917-05-21)
  40. Dwg 011-065 (HH.5.00992): Shaft Bearing for 1 3/4" Dia. Shaft (1917-05-21 ?)
  41. Dwg 129-018 (HH.5.10290): Wood Stack (1917-06-01)
  42. Dwg 129-019 (HH.5.10291): Lookout Platform (1917-07-02)
  43. Dwg 025-110 (HH.5.01862): List of Castings for # 307, 310, 311, 314 (1917-07-03 ?)
  44. Dwg 143-051 (HH.5.11916): Docking Plan for Hulls No. 311, 314 to 320 Inc. (1917-07-28 ?)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde.
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

Nathanael G. Herreshoff

"[1917-03-20] Tue 20: Have order for 6 62' patrol boats for Boston men [#314p Inca, #315p Ellen, #316p Kangaroo, #317p Daiquiri, #318p Commodore, #319p Sea Hawk]." (Source: Herreshoff, Nathanael G. Diary, 1917. Manuscript (excerpts). Diary access courtesy of Halsey C. Herreshoff.)

Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"Orders have been received by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for six speedy gasoline launches [#317p Daiquiri, #316p Kangaroo, #315p Ellen, #314p Inca, #318p Commodore and #319p Sea Hawk] to be built for as many different members of the Eastern Yacht Club. The boats are to be about 70 feet in length, and their owners expect to turn them over to the government for use in the coast patrol service. Each boat will have one gun on the forward deck The work is being rushed.
The company has also entered bids with the government for several large and fast gasoline launches, but orders have not yet been received for their building." (Source: Anon. "Much Work At Herreshoffs.
Yachtmen Order Six Fast Boats For Coast Patrol Service." Bristol Phoenix, March 23, 1917, p. 3.)

"The McQuesten patrol yacht Inca was launched at the boat shops of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Saturday [July 7, 1917]. The craft was given a trial spin Sunday and attained a speed of 26 miles an hour. She is to he used in the naval coast patrol service." (Source: Anon. "Bristol and Vicinity." Bristol Phoenix, July 10, 1917, p. 2.)

"... Frank McQuesten's power patrol boat Inca, one of those ordered by members of the Eastern Yacht Club, was given her speed and endurance tests off Bristol last Sunday [July 8, 1917] and Monday. These proving satisfactory, the Inca was sent around Cape Cod, arriving at Marblehead Wednesday. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, July 15, 1917, p. 46.)

"Members of the Eastern Y. C. some time ago placed orders with the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for eight 62-footers [#310p, #311p, #314p - #319p] for use as submarine chasers. The designs of these boats were approved by the Navy Department and four have been delivered and are on patrol duty. The commander of this unit is Richard S. Russell and his flagship will be an 80-footer [#312p Stinger] which is now nearing completion.
The first of the 62-footers is named Apache and is commanded by Robert F. Herrick, the Harvard rowing coach. All of these boats are named and hold their names until they have satisfied the Government inspectors that they are able to do the work to which they are assigned, and then the names give way to numbers with the letters S. P. --- scout patrol --- in front of the numerals.
The power of these boats consists of Model F, eight-cylinder Sterling engines of 200 h.p. The contract speed was 24 1/2 miles per hour, and the actual speed over a measured mile course was in excess of 25 miles. This is the sustained speed and it will probably be somewhat increased as the engines see more service, making more of a success of the type than was expected even by the most optimistic.
With the exception of a small rear cockpit, the entire boat is cabined. The forward deck is high and but slightly crowned. It is accessible both from the conning tower and from the runways on each side of the main cabin. A novel departure is the entrance to the engine room and forward quarters through the stack, while the design of the tower is both original and quite militaire. Boats of this design are apparently setting the style in submarine chasers and their increasing sturdiness of build is becoming more noticeable as they demonstrate their usefulness. These boats will meet incoming steamers, examine their papers, search if necessary, do patrol duty, tend nets, act as messengers, and perform the various services, necessary in war time, the omission of which might allow incendiary damage to harbors and cargo steamers." (Source: Anon. "Eastern Y. C. Patrol Boats." Rudder, September 1917, p. 594.)

"Daiquiri [#317p], Ellen [#315p], Apacha [sic, i.e. Apache #311p], Inca [#314p], Kangaroo [#316p], Commodore [#318p], Snark [#310p] and Sea Hawk [#319p] are the names of the eight patrol boats built by Herreshoff for members of the Eastern Yacht Club which have been turned over to the Navy Department. These 62-foot boats are equipped with two Sterling eight-cylinder 400-horsepower engines and are capable of 27 miles an hour." (Source: Anon. "Notes From the Week's Log." Boston Globe, December 23, 1917, p. 25.)

"IN the lists printed on pages 36, 38, and 40, will be found a complete record of all motor boats and motor yachts which went into the service of our Navy Department during the war period. This is the first time that such a list has been published and is given to Motor Boating at the special request of the Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ...
The lists include boats propelled by internal combustion motors only—they do not include steam yachts or steamers of any description. ...
Motor Boats Loaned to the Navy Department for the War. A List of the Boats and Owners --- The S. P. Numbers and the Length of the Boats Taken Over. ...
Inga [sic, i.e. Inca] [Name of Boat]; 1212 [S.P. No.]; 65 [Length]; Frank B. McQueston, Boston, Mass. [Former Owner]. ..." (Source: Anon. "Privately Owned Motor Boats Purchased by the Government. First List to Be Published Containing Names of Motor Boats Taken Into the Navy." Motor Boating, February 1919, p. 36-40.)

"... Inca, owned by Frank B. McQuesten of Marblehead, is the first of the class of patrol boats built in 1917 for the members of the Eastern Yacht Club as a part of the naval preparedness program that year to be returned to her owner. These boats were designed by A. Loring Swasey and built by the Herreshoffs, and turned over to the navy after war was declared. They are 62 feet 4 inches over all, 61 feet 4 inches waterline, 11 feet 3 inches beam and 3 feet draft. Equipped with two 8-cylinder Sterling engines the boats are rather speedy. ..." (Source: Anon. "Notes from the Week's Log." Boston Globe, July 20, 1919, p. 50.)

Other Modern Text Source(s)

"Just Tom, fast sixty-five foot express cruiser recently shipped overland from St. Louis for Thomas Pec [sp?], in Seauk [sp?], made its first test run last week. The two 200 hp. Sterling engines were overhauled and a new wheel house incorporated in the design at the Lake Union dry dock. The expectation of the crew was reached when on a trial speed and condition trip, the craft was brought up to thirty-seven miles per hour. [Though not certain, this appears to be a reference to Just Tom, ex-Inca which had been equipped in 1922 with twin Sterling engines and had been based on the Great Lakes.]" (Source: Burrell, Stewart. "In Seattle." Rudder, 1928, vol. 44, [p. 70?])

"The Camid, owned by Mr. Middleton M. Chism of Seattle, Washington, has recently been repowered. Her new power plant, twin Hall-Scott Navigators with 2:1 reduction gear, gives her a top speed of 14 knots --- highly satisfactory for a 63-foot boat with 11 foot beam.
The Camid is another and interesting addition to the large and rapidly growing fleet powered and repowered by Hall-Scott. There is a Hall-Scott engine from 40 to 375 h. p. for almost every marine need. [Caption to a photo which was again published in Motor Boating, June 1937, p. 40." (Source: Hall Scott Motor Company. [Advertisement Image Caption.] Motor Boating, December 1935, p. 6.)

"New on the Portland scene is the 51-year-old cruiser Williwaw, which Mike LeBeck brought from Seattle recently. The 63' boat was built at Bristol, R.I., in 1917 as the Inca, and has had a variety of names, owners and hailing ports." (Source: Anon. [Title?] Yachting, 1968, vol. 124, [p. 127?].)

"If details are few on the role of the [Eastern Yacht] clubhouse as a naval training station, they are no more than clues that a part may have been played by some members at sea --- as tossed out by John Parkinson in his History of the New York Yacht Club: 'A group of Boston yachtsmen, which included some NYYC members, built a one-design division of fast patrol boats at their own expense before their country entered the war. They were about 50 feet long and proved useful.'
The 1917 EYC Yearbook lists eight powerboats, all 62 feet overall, 61 feet waterline, and 11 feet beam, except one 58 feet overall, 57 feet waterline and 11 feet beam. All were under construction for single and multiple owners, including Maximilian Agassiz, John S. Lawrence, Herbert M. Sears, Oliver Ames, Charles F. Ayer, Francis S. Eaton, Charles P. Curtis, and Charles A. and Henry A. Morss. Nathaniel F. Ayer was building the 58-footer. There is no further reference to them. Philip Bolger heard that Ralph Winslow claimed to have designed them while working as Loring Swazey's draftsman. On the other hand, one wonders whether these or the fast patrol boats mentioned by Parkinson --- considerably elongated --- are the same as those alluded to by Devereux Barker in The Eastern Yacht Club Story many years later:
'Shortly after the Declaration of War, the Government asked yachtsmen to subscribe for power boats to be used for submarine patrol. They were to be built by Herreshoff, be about 40 feet long, and cost $ 18,000. The added inducement was that the owner would be commissioned as an ensign and command his own vessel. This inducement was shortly annulled, but in any event, the delays in the yard were so great that few, if any, of the craft were delivered in time to be of any use.' " (Source: Garland, Joseph. The Eastern Yacht Club: A History from 1870-1985. Camden, Maine, 1989, p. 143.)

"Inca (SP 1212)
Built in 1917 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI; Acquired from her owner, F. B. McQuesten, Boston, MA; Commissioned USS Inca (SP 1212), 28 July 1917; Assigned, 26 July 1918 to the Industrial Department, Hampton Roads, VA; Returned to her owner, 17 April 1919. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement, 23 t.; Length, 62' 4"; Beam 10' 11"; Draft, 2' 6"; Speed, 21 kts.; Armament one 1-pounder; Complement, unknown; Propulsion, unknown." (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171212.htm, retrieved March 17, 2007.)

"Inca. (SP - 1212: t. 23; l. 62'4"; b. 10'11"; dr. 2'6"; s. 21 k.; a. 1 1-pdr.)
The third Inca was a motor boat, built in 1917 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I.; and acquired by the Navy from her owner, F. B. McQuesten of Boston. She commissioned 28 July 1917 at Boston, Ensign R. B. Fuller, USNRF, in command.
A versatile craft, Inca was first assigned to the First Naval District and patrolled outer Boston Harbor. She also performed coast convoy duties with submarines during this period, and acted as test ship for submarine signalling [sic; signaling] and detector devices. She was reassigned to Fifth Naval District in October 1917 and arrived Hampton Roads 3 November. Inca's job was to serve as rescue ship for aircraft from the Naval Air Station on flights over the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. She also served as a seaplane tender during 1918, and spent time on harbor patrol in Hampton Roads. Inca was assigned 26 July 1918 to the Industrial Department, Hampton Roads, as a dispatch boat, and remained on this duty until returned to her owner 17 April 1919." (Source: http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/sp-id/sp1212.htm, retrieved March 17, 2007.)

Maynard Bray

"Nine of these 62-foot patrol boats were built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. for the training of World War I Naval Reserve volunteers, having been ordered and paid for as a patriotic gesture by members of the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, Massachusetts. (The EYC clubhouse, having been converted early in the war as a barracks, served as an operational base for these patrol boats.) Their cost was $19,000 each. They were twin-screw vessels, powered by two eight-cylinder Sterling engines. These craft ... each carried a standard, Herreshoff-built Columbia-model tender --- a somewhat delicate lifeboat for wartime use." (Source: Bray, Maynard and Carlton Pinheiro. Herreshoff of Bristol. Brooklin, Maine, 1989, p. 152.)

Archival Documents

"[Item Description:] Enclosing a revised purchase and sale agreement, 'what I want is to ensure your and Sidney's services', Swasey has signed similar agreement, Eastern YC member navy boats [#310p, #311p, #314p, #315p, #316p, #317p, #318p, #319p]." (Source: Emmons, Robert W. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_59180. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 253?. 1917-02-09.)
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"[Item Description:] Lease of storage property, please work out plans for new shop construction, Eastern YC member are negotiating with William Swan about navy boats [#310p, #311p, #314p, #315p, #316p, #317p, #318p, #319p]." (Source: Emmons, Robert W. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_59170. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder [no #], formerly 253?. 1917-03-16.)
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Further Reading

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Registers

1918 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Name: Inca
Port: Marblehead
Official no. 215373; Type & Rig Ol. s. [Oil engine, screw]
Tons Gross 28; Tons Net 23; LOA 60.0; Extr. Beam 11.2; Depth 5.8
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917

1919 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Name: Inca
Owner: Frank B. McQuesten; Port: Marblehead
Official no. 215373; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 28; Tons Net 23; Reg. Length 60.0; Extr. Beam 11.2; Depth 5.8
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Note: [Yacht]; Masts: 1; Signal Letters: LHNR

1920 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1320)
Name: Inca
Owner: Bradford H. Whiting; Port: Chicago
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], ScwStr [Screw Steamer], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-4; LWL 61-4; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 St. 8 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6 3/4; Maker Sterling

1923 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#1332)
Name: Inca
Owner: Bradford H. Whiting; Port: Chicago
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-4; LWL 61-4; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6 3/4. 1922; Maker Sterling

1925 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2116)
Name; Former Name(s): Romance; Inca
Owner: George Woodruff; Port: Chicago
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-4; LWL 61-4; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-0
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6 3/4. 1922; Maker Sterling

1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#810.37)
Name; Former Name(s): Romance; Inca
Owner: George Woodruff (134 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.); Port: Chicago, Ill.
Official no. 215373; Type & Rig Ol. s. [Oil engine, screw]
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; Reg. Length 59.6; Extr. Beam 11.2; Depth 5.8
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine Horsepower: 400
Note: Crew: 3

1930 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#2116)
Name; Former Name(s): Just Tom; Romance, Inca
Owner: Hanlon M. Wilson; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 1/2 x 6 3/4; Maker Sterling

1933 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (#824.09)
Name; Former Name(s): Camid; Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: Middleton M. Chism (320 Thirty-ninth Avenue North, Seattle, Wash.); Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Type & Rig Ga.s. [Gasoline engine, screw]
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; Reg. Length 59.6; Extr. Beam 11.2; Depth 5.8
Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine Horsepower: 440
Note: Crew: 1

1935 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#803)
Name; Former Name(s): Camid; Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: Middleton M. Chism; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-5
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 8 Cyl. 5 3/4 x 6 3/4; Maker Tryant

1940 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#979)
Name; Former Name(s): Camid; Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: Middleton M. Chism; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2. 1935; Maker Hall-Scott

1947 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#6737)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: F. A. Harvey; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2. 1935; Maker Hall Scott

1950 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#7434)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: G. W. Radford; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2. 1935; Maker Hall Scott

1955 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#8107)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: Chester M. Derbyshire; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2. 1935; Maker Hall Scott

1960 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#8971)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: Elden L. Fisler; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl. 4 1/2 x 5 1/2. 1935; Maker Hall Scott

1967 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#10560)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: A. J. Emmanuel; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl.; Maker Chrysler

1970 Lloyd's Register of American Yachts (#11004)
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: A. J. Emmanuel; Port: Seattle, Wash.
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood; Type & Rig K[eel], RD [Raised Deck], Pwr [Power], Twn [Twin Screws]
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; LOA 62-0; LWL 61-0; Extr. Beam 11-3; Depth 5-10; Draught 3-6
Builder Herreshoff Mfg. Co.; Designer N. G. Herreshoff; Built where Bristol, R.I.; Built when 1917
Engine 2 Gas Eng. 4 Cyc. 6 Cyl.; Maker Chrysler
Not listed in 1975 Lloyd's Register

1979 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Name; Former Name(s): Williwaw; Camid, Just Tom, Romance, Inca
Owner: William Peter (PO Box 702 Portland, OR 97207); Port: Portland, OR
Official no. 215373

2014 USCG
Name: Williwaw
Official no. 215373; Building Material Wood
Tons Gross 33; Tons Net 22; Reg. Length 59.6; Extr. Beam 11.2; Depth 5.8
Built when 1917
Note: Documentation Issuance Date: N/A. Documentation Expiration Date: N/A. Service: Passenger (Inspected). Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted.

Source: Various Yacht Lists and Registers. For complete biographical information see the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné under Data Sources. Note that this section shows only snapshots in time and should not be considered a provenance, although it can help creating one.

Supplement

From the 1920 and earlier HMCo Index Cards at the MIT Museum
  • 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.
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List

Name: Inca
Type: Gasoline
Length: 62'4"
Owner: McQueston, F. B.

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

From the 1930s L. Francis Herreshoff Index Cards at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
  • 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.
From the 1953 HMCo Owner's List by L. Francis Herreshoff

Name: Inca
Type: 62' 4" gasoline
Owner: Frank B. McQuesten
Year: 1917
Row No.: 296

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.

From the 2000 (ca.) Transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Vermilya/Bray

Year: 1917
E/P/S: P
No.: 314
Name: Inca
OA: 62' 4"
LW: 61' 0"

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.

Research Note(s)

"One of a group of eight identical vessels built for members of the Eastern Yacht Club for use by the U.S. Navy. A ninth vessel, War Bug, was independently sponsored by Max Warburg of New York." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 9, 2009.)

"Built in 109 days (contract to launch; equivalent to $174/day, 422 lbs displacement/day)." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 16, 2024.)

"Displacement, 23 [long or short?] t." (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171212.htm, last visit March 17, 2007.)

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

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