Bismarck

Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

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I53

A Japanese WWII submarine with suicide submarines on the deck.

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Livingston – Model #11

About the Model This is one of many model constructed by our departed member George Livingston. Unfortunately, George did not label any of his models. We are fairly certain it is not scratch built, and are attempting to identify the name of the vessel and the name of the kit […]

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Dorothy

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

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F.D. Crockett

Log-built Chesapeake Bay buy boat constructed in 1924 by Alexander Gains in Seaford, Va. for Ferdinand Crockett. Restored by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Deltaville.

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City of Monroe

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.

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Picket Boat No. 1

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.

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Gearing, USS (DD-710)

USS Gearing was the lead ship of a United States Navy destroyer class. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III.

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