HMCo #942s Tarpoon II [Tarpon II]
Particulars
Name: Tarpoon II [Tarpon II]Type: Fish Class Marconi
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1925-2-21
Delivered: 1925
Construction: Wood
LWL: 16' (4.88m)
Rig: Marconi Sloop
Keel: yes
Built for: DeWolf, Halsey [Crossed out: Francis M. Smith]
Amount: $1,750.00
Note(s) in HMCo Construction Record: Leg-O-Mutton Rig
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: 716Model location: H.M.M. Model Room North Wall Right
Vessels from this model:
Original text on model:
"12 1/2' Buzzards Bay boy class 24 boats 1915 scale 1/10 size three [sic, i.e. four? #806, #813, #815, #817?] boats 1916
16' w.l. Oyster Bay "Fish Class" 23 boats 1916 scale 1/12 size sections 1/13 lengths 3 1/2 added at bow on deck" (Source: Original handwritten annotation on model. Undated.)
Model Description:
"12'-1/2' lwl Buzzards Bay 12 1/2-class of 1915, HMCo's most popular creation with some 360 boats produced. Also, with change in scale and proportionally longer bow, the Fish class sloops of 1916 and beyond." (Source: Bray, Maynard. 2004.)
Related model(s):
Model XA2-1_01 by NGH (1914?); sail
Note: Vessels that appear in the records as not built, a cancelled contract, a study model, or as a model sailboat are listed but not counted in the list of vessels built from a model.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.6.146-6
Offset booklet contents:
12 1/2-footer class, Fish class (Cape Cod Shipbuilding Embargoed)
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Drawings
List of drawings:
Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
HMCo #942s Tarpoon II [Tarpon II] are listed in bold.
Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
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Dwg 025-089 (N/A): # 788 Class Lists (1915-01-29 ?)
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Dwg 076-123 (N/A); Sewanhaka 16' Class 788 Class (1916-01-26 ?)
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Dwg 081-117 (HH.5.06209): Spars for Seawanhaka, 16 ft. Class (1916-02-18)
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Dwg 074-062 (HH.5.05350): 12 and 16 lbs Anchors (1916-03-04)
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Dwg 010-000 (HH.5.00924): Stern Bearing Gor No. 942, Class B, Drawer 5, Drawing 3425 (1923-06-15)
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Dwg 096-156 A (HH.5.08114): Sails > No. 788 Class 16 Footers with Leg O' Mutton Rig (1925-03-14)
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Dwg 148-000 (HH.5.12237): General Arrangement > Fish Class, Herreshoff 16 Footer [Internal Arrangement] (ca. 1931)
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Dwg 130-000 (HH.5.10541): Sails > [Herreshoff Fish Class Marconi] (ca. 1934-10)
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
Other Modern Text Source(s)
"In 1926 the Seawanahaka [Fish Class] fleet began to shift to Mattapoisett Ma. About eleven boats in total were owned at Mattapoisett between 1926 and 1938. The names of the eleven were: Cockle [#820s], Eel [#811s], Morrhue, Nautilus, Pompano [#797s], Sculpin [#816s], Shark [not #791s], Skate [#808s], Tarpon [#942s], Wahoo, and Xiphias [#826s]. Although many of the names appear to be the same as those listed in the Herreshoff shop records, it is known that some, such as Shark, were given these names upon arrival in Mattapoisett. Many of the boats were converted to marconi rig for the 1930 season. Three boats which were not converted were Skate, Tarpon, and Xiphias. By 1938, many of the Mattapoisett fleet had been sold and migrated away. About four boats appeared in Padanaram between 1930 and 1963. Their names were Harbinger, Hope, Xiphias [#826s] (later called Green Duck), and a fourth as yet unidentified.
The hurricane of Sept. 21, 1938 effectively ended the Fish boat activity in Mattapoisett. All of the remaining four boats are thought to have been wrecked. It is not known if any of the wrecked boats may have been repaired. The Padanaram Harbinger was totally destroyed in a boat yard fire and not repaired. The information pertaining to Mattapoisett was graciously provided by Edward Wood, Jr., author of The Early Days Of Sailing In Mattapoisett, and former Fish sailor. The Fish activities in Padanaram have become known through the help of Norman Fortier, marine photographer, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the New Bedford Yacht Club, and Llewellyn Howland Jr. Llewellyn is a former Fish sailor, having owned Harbinger from 1933 until about 1937." (History written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Fish Class.) Norwell, Massachusetts, January, 1991. In: http://www.herreshoffregistry.org/doc/Fish_History_Meyer.pdf, retrieved August 19, 2010.)
Supplement
From the 1931 HMCo-published Owner's List
Name: Tarpon II
Type: J & M
Length: 16'
Owner: Dewolf, Halsey
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: Tarpon II
Type: 16' J & M
Owner: Halsey DeWolf
Row No.: 677
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
Month: Feb.
Day: 211925 [sic, i.e. 21]
Year: 1925
E/P/S: S
No.: 0942
Name: Tarpoon II
LW: 16'
Rig: J & M
Amount: 1750.00
Notes Constr. Record: Leg-O-Mutton Rig
Last Name: DeWolf
First Name: Dr. Halsey
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.
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