CBMM Ship Plans by McManus, Thomas (Designer)

These ship plans are found in the collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland.

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Catalog #TitleBoat TypeArtist/MakerDate MadeDescriptionDimensionsPlace MadeFull ImageCBMM Cat. Page
1976.0042.0251.0157' Marblehead SchoonerSchoonerMcManus, Thomas - Designer; Chapelle, Howard I - CreatorPlans fora a 57' Marblehead Schooner built in 1767 at New York. Boat length is 57' 9". Drawing also includes plans for a Swift schooner, a 49' VA. pilot boat, built in 1803 from Portsmouth Yard. On the reverse side are plans for the Boston Pilot boat America desinged by Thomas McManus for Capt. James Reid in 896. All drawings by Howard I Chapelle. Two sets of plans A-B with plans A-B on the same sheet. Plan A is the swift schooner. Plan B is the Marblehead schooner. 1/4" scale for the America. Material is ink on drawing paper.14.000in - 40.000inopen CBMM page