Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2016 | Page 84

279. WORKING MODEL OF THE CIVIL WAR STEAM SLOOP
USS KEARSARGE (NO.1), a unique scale replica of the USS Kearsarge,
a Mohican class steam sloop-of-war third mate, built of white oak at
Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine and launched September 11, 1861.
Length 96 in. Height 53 in. Width 24 in.

The Kearsarge:
Length Overall: 214 ft. 3 in.
Beam: 33 ft. 10 in.
Depth: 16 ft.
Tonnage: 1,031
Battery: 2-IX in. Dalgren guns; 4-32 prd. guns of 42 cwt; 1-30 pdr. rifle
Two sections of the deck are removable, disclosing the machinery below, and
a section below the pair of guns is inscribed “Ed Twig”.
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