Herreshoff #191701ep [Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat]
Particulars
Type: Navy Scout Boat
Not built, not assigned, cancelled, etc.: 1917
LOA: 100' 4" (30.58m)
LWL: 100' 0" (30.48m)
Beam: 15' 0" (4.57m)
Draft: 5' 0" (1.52m)
Propulsion: Diesel, 2 engines, 600 h.p.
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.
Model
Model location: N/A (Missing, nonexistant or unidentified model)
Vessels from this model:
0 built
Note: This model is missing, is nonexistant or has not been identified. The number of vessels built from it is only an estimate based on similar features, such as dimensions, rig, machinery, etc.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.211
Offset booklet contents:
preliminary for 100' scout boat [not used].
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Archival Documents
"[Item Description:] Blueprints showing guns and machinery, apparently used on #191701ep Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat. [Note: Haffenreffer-Herreshoff catalog lists 7 blueprints, this entry shows only 2 blueprints.]" (Source: U.S. Navy (creator). Blueprints. MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.084. Oversize Folder, Folder Scout Boat 100-Footer. 1911 and 1915.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten dimensions and particulars titled 'Elements of Design
100 Foot Scout Boat' [#191701ep Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat]. On stationery with 'Bureau of Construction & Repair, Washington, D.C.' letterhead. Undated, other related documents suggest this to be from February 1917." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.084-1. Specifications. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Scout Boat 100 Foot. No date (1917-02 ?).)
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"[Item Description:] Photocopies of pages from Offset Booklet for #191701ep Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat. See original offset booklet in Hart Nautical Collections Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection VI, item no. HH.4.211." (Source: Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (creator). Offset Booklet (copy). MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.084-3. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Scout Boat 100 Foot. No date (ca1917-02).)
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"[Item Transcription:] Penciled weight estimates and other calculations for #191701ep Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat on pre-printed form titled 'Scientific and Computing Branch
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Calculations for Effective Horse Power
Formula E.H.P. = 0.003-7*(V/sqrt(L)*sqrt(L)*Rt/D'." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.084. Weight Estimates. Oversize Folder, Folder Scout Boat 100-Footer. 1917-02-13.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Penciled weight estimates for #191701ep Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat on pre-printed form titled 'Preliminary Design
Scientific and Computing Branch
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Calculation of Weight'. Two pages, one undated, the other dated Feb 13, 17. With graph showing 'Power' on x-axis and 'Speed Knots' on y-axis, also dated Feb 13, 1917." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.084-2. Weight Estimates. Box HAFH.6.2B, Folder Scout Boat 100 Foot. 1917-02-17.)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #191701ep [Unbuilt 100ft Scout Boat] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.
Supplement
Research Note(s)
"A note in the offset booklet made by former Hart Nautical Collections curator Wm. Baker indicates that the draftsman working on this design was named Winslow. Plans at MIT suggest that it was Ralph E. Winslow who worked in the HMCo drawing room between 1917 and 1921 (and possibly somewhat longer). This would suggest that this design was for a WWI military vessel." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. October 18, 2016.)
Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.
Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné.
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