Country: United States

Puritan was a 19th-century racing yacht, defender of the 1885 America’s Cup.

Unnamed vessel representative of the mid-18th century American privateers

This is the yacht that won the race which came to be known as the “America’s Cup”

an early 19th century Virginia pilot boat.

A whaleboat diorama showing the harpooner in action.

Built in 1891, Dorothy is the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News, Virginia.

A conjectural design of a typical 1880’s steam packet of the Mississippi River tributaries. Built from plans by James Haley, which are an adaptation of a larger vessel.

American privateer in the War of 1812

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

This American brig was commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose fleet defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813.