Plans and drawings of ships constructed, drawn, or collected by John Lenthall, 1823-1874.

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Plans and drawings of ships constructed, drawn, or collected by John Lenthall, 1823-1874.

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Architectural drawings and data on approximately 65 American naval and merchant ships from 1823-74. (Cont) Among the U.S. Navy ships documented are the frigates John Adams (1799), Congress (1841), Raritan (1843), Independence razee (1814), and Constellation (1797); the sloops of war Peacock (1828), Cyane (1837), Dale and Preble (1839), Saratoga (1842), Plymouth (1843), and Germantown (1846); the brigs Dolphin (1836), Truxtun (1842), and Lawrence (1843); the storeships Relief (1836) and Southampton (1845); the steam frigates Mississippi and Missouri (1841); the screw frigate Princeton (1843); and the steam sloops Susquehanna and San Jacinto (1850). Merchant ships include the packet ship Silas Richards (1824); the schooner Isabella (1832); a Philadelphia City Ice Boat (1837); the bark Clarion (1838), one of the first screw steamers to be built in the United States; and the passenger steamers City of Peking and City of Tokio (1874).

242 documents in 17 flat file drawers.

Independence Seaport Museum

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Independence Seaport Museum

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United States. Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs.

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John Adams (Frigate)

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Franklin Institute Philadelphia, Pa

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 in the Southwark District of Philadelphia. In 1876, it was relocated three miles south to League Island at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. From the description of Logbooks, 1837, 1849. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122633130 The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was established in 1801 in the Southwark District of Philadelphia. In 1876, the yard relocated three miles south to ...

Independence razee (Frigate)

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Saratoga (Sloop of war)

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Princeton (Screw frigate)

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United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Construction and Repair.

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Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)

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Clarion (Bark)

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Germantown (Sloop of war)

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Susquehanna (Steam sloop)

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Lenthall, John, 1807-1882

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John Lenthall (B. 1807 d. 1882), naval architect, student, and collector of books and documents pertaining to the construction of naval and merchant ships, was Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs (1853-63), and its successor, the U.S. Bureau of Construction and Repair (1863-71). From the description of Collection of ship plans and drawings by John Lenthall's mentors, 1790-1853. (Independence Seaport Museum). WorldCat record id: 24843472 Architect...

Peacock (Sloop of war)

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Dolphin (Brig)

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U.S. naval vessel launched 1836; first voyage to Bahia (Salvador), Brazil; then to Africa to suppress slave trade; burned at Norfolk, Va., 1861 to prevent capture by Confederate forces. From the description of Logbook, 1858 Oct. 16-1860 Nov. 4. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013653 ...

Relief (Storeship)

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Constellation (Frigate)

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Congress (Frigate : 1794-1834)

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Raritan (Frigate)

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