My N Scale Ships

[Mr. G]

I like the cutter, but I believe it should be USCGC McClane, not USGS.

[pnolan48]

I like the cutter, but I believe it should be USCGC McClane, not USGS.

Of course. Typos are the bane of my eyesight.

[sirenwerks]

Well, the USGS does not have boats.

[Philip H]

Actually the USGS has a lot of small boats (under 30 feet) but i fthey need big stuff, they generally borrow NOAA ships.

[Bob Bufkin]

Might surprise some of you but the U.S. Army has more boats than the Navy and Coach Guard together.

[sirenwerks]

I never quite understood what makes a boat a boat and a ship a ship, and both my parents were US Navy.

[up1950s]

I never quite understood what makes a boat a boat and a ship a ship, and both my parents were US Navy.

I have heard that you can put a boat on a ship , but you can't without sinking put a ship on a boat . The definition has always be non defined . All subs are boats even when they weigh as much or more than some ships .

[sirenwerks]

All subs are boats even when they weigh as much or more than some ships .

Makes contemporary sense, considering U-Ship means something altogether non-water related.

[John]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Ship (disambiguation).
Italian full-rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976

Since the end of the age of sail a ship (About this sound Audio (help·info)) has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare. Historically, a "ship" was a vessel with sails rigged in a specific manner.

[pnolan48]

Apart from all this hoopla, here's another ship, an Admirable-class minesweeper. A British design adapted by the US Navy, it was about 185' feet long, and handled well at sea. This was built from plans from digitalnavy.com--I used styrene instead of cardstock.

This was about the time I learned that gray is not gray.



Good photos always help with a ship's lines and details.



I was just starting to build this part of the East Harbor when I sold the house.



I gave this ship to a man I met in Miami, OK who had served on the Pirate, No. 267. That explains the number. I can see from the gun tub splinter shields that I did use some cardstock.

[Bob Bufkin]

Gotta love the minesweep.  I spent 3 years on one in Charleston, SC.  USS ILLUSIVE (MSO-448).  You ever do one of that class and I'll have to borrow money to get one.

[pnolan48]

That looks a little top heavy.


Courtesy Navsource.Org

It's shorter but broader than the Admirable class. How was its seakeeping?

Love those whip antennae! What are they, about 20 meters?

[Bob Bufkin]

Can't see your photo - only getting the dreaded red x.  They road like a cork.  Don't know the antenna length.

[pnolan48]

Bob,

It should show up now.

[Bob Bufkin]

Can see it now.  Remember one night off the coast of North Caroline taking a 55 degree roll to port during a storm.  Another evening I was in my bunk when we took a roll and all the bunks came apart falling onto the deck.  After the shock of gettin out from the mess, we put everything back together and went back to sleep.  they road rough but were great ships to serve on.