Description
- The model is 100% hand built by artisans from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method
- Rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are carefully selected to build the model
- Highly complex rigging with varied thread gauge, hundreds of blocks and deadeyes.
- Figurehead, cannons, anchors, bell, propeller and other fitting made from brass or metal
- Hand-painted to match the actual tall ship.
- Solid wood base and brass name plate included.
The USS Susquehanna, a rigged side-wheel steamer, was built in the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard and launched in 1850. It was a 257 foot vessel with a displacement of nearly 2500 tons. She was widely considered a very inefficient ship and even described at the time as a “technological monstrosity.” The USS Susquehanna was assigned to the Far East Station arriving at Hong Kong on February 5, 1852. The ship and Squadron was under the Command of Commodore John Henry Aulick who actually had orders to negotiate a treaty with Japan. These orders were subsequently rescinded and Aulick relieved of command and returned to the US. Commodore Perry completed Aulick’s mission. The USS Susquehanna was decommissioned in 1883.
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