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Herreshoff #190314es Useful I

Herreshoff #190314es Useful I

Particulars

Name: Useful I
Later Name(s): Floating Derrick 14 (ca1912), YD14 (1920)
Type: Derrick Scow
Designed by: NGH
Contract: 1903-11 ?
Job No.: 2915
LOA: 45' (13.72m)
LWL: 45' (13.72m)
Beam: 19' (5.79m)
Rig: None (scow)
Built for: Herreshoff Mfg. Co.
Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.

Drawings

Main drawing Dwg 034-092 (HH.5.02501) Explore all drawings relating to this boat. Explore castings relating to this boat (if available).

List of drawings:
   Drawings believed to have been first drawn for, or being first referenced to
   Herreshoff #190314es Useful I are listed in bold.
   Click on Dwg number for preview, on HH number to see at M.I.T. Museum.
  1. Dwg 034-000 (HH.5.02554): General Plan of Hoisting Gear for Derrick Scow (1903-11 ?)
  2. Dwg 034-092 (HH.5.02501); Derrick Scow, Sold to Torpedo Station, Newport, Ri, Sept. '04, 45'-0" Long, 19'-0" Wide, 3'-6" Deep (1903-11-11)
  3. Dwg 034-092 (HH.5.02502): Derrick Scow, 45'-0" Long, 19'-0" Wide, 3'-6" Deep (1903-11-11)
  4. Dwg 034-093 (HH.5.02503): Details of Sampson Post and Lower End of Boom for Derrick Scow (34-92) (1903-11-20)
  5. Dwg 034-094 (HH.5.02504): Frame for Hoisting Gear, Derrick Scow (1903-12-01)
  6. Dwg 034-095 (HH.5.02505): Winch and Brake Wheel, Derrick Scow (1903-12-01)
  7. Dwg 034-096 (HH.5.02506): Frames for Hoisting Gear, Derrick Scow (1903-12-01)
  8. Dwg 034-099 (HH.5.02509): Middle Bearing, Friction Clutch, etc., Derrick Scow (1903-12-02)
  9. Dwg 034-098 (HH.5.02508): Gasoline Engine Support and Clutch, Derrick Scow (1903-12-07)
  10. Dwg 034-097 (HH.5.02507): Masthead of Scow (1903-12-21)
  11. Dwg 034-100 (HH.5.02510): Details for Brakes on Winches, Derrick Scow (1903-12-28)
  12. Dwg 034-101 (HH.5.02511): Shafts for Winch (1903-12-29)
  13. Dwg 034-102 (HH.5.02512): Sheaveholder Boom End, Derrick Scow (1904-02-12)
Source: Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Together with: Hasselbalch, Kurt with Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin. Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997. Together with: Numerous additions and corrections by Claas van der Linde (see individual drawing's info for more information about these).
Note: The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection is copyrighted by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass. Permission to incorporate information from it in the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné is gratefully acknowledged. The use of this information is permitted solely for research purposes. No part of it is to be published in any form whatsoever.

Documents

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Other Contemporary Text Source(s)

"MISCELLANEOUS LIGHTERS, DERRICKS, BARGES, ETC.
Useful [Number or name.], Derrick barge [Kind.], 45 0 [Length Ft. in.], 19 0 [Breadth Ft. in.], Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. [Present Location], Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I., 1904 [Where and when built or purchased], Wood [Remarks]" (Source: U.S. Navy Department. Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy. In: 61st Congress, 2d Session. House Documents, Vol. 37. Washington, 1909, p. 667.)

"FLOATING DERRICKS
14 [Registered No.], 45 0 [Length Ft. in.], 19 0 [Breadth Ft. in.], Naval torpedo station, Newport, R.I. [Present Location], Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I., 1904 [Where and when built or purchased], Wood, 5-tons capacity [Remarks]" (Source: U.S. Navy Department. Ships Data 1911, U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington, 1912, p. 290.)

"FLOATING DERRICKS (YD)
YD14 [Official No.], 45 0 [Length Ft. in.], 19 0 [Breadth Ft. in.], 5 [Boom Capacity], Wood [Material], 1st district [Allocation], Herreshoff Mfg. Co., Bristol, R.I., 1904 [Where and when built or purchased]" (Source: U.S. Navy Department. Ships Data, U.S. Naval Vessels. Washington, 1920, p. 327.)

Archival Documents

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Supplement

Research Note(s)

"Added per plan no. 034-092, title 'Derrick scow (sold to Torpedo Station New Port R.I. Sept. 1904)'." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. January 7, 2009.)

"This vessel's building date was estimated from the date of the original plan. Plan 034 (HH.5.02554) 'General Plan of Hoisting gear for Derrick Scow' from which this boat was built was drawn 1903-11." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 28, 2012.)

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