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ITEM NUMBER: AK0303
USS Trumbull Wood Model Ship by Richard Hewitt
$4,500
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19th Century. Case of the same period. 6" x 3'1" x 3 1/2"
USS Trumbull wood model ship hand carved by Richard Hewitt. Richard Hewitt moved to Port Townsend, WA when he was 18 to take a job as a boat builder. He lived in Port Townsend for 27 years and raised his family there. He always had a passion for tall ships from the past and started building hand crafted wooden ship models when his family was young. He enjoyed building the forgotten ships – those with no photos or paintings, just a record in the archives. By reading the history, his artist eye started creating what he thought the ship may have looked like. Each ship is started with a solid block of wood, he carved the full by hand. To complete the ship, it takes anywhere from 8 to 12 months. Each ship is special and hard for him to part with, but his shipyard was getting full.
The second Trumbull was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate and was one of the first of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 of December 1775. They were superior in design and construction to the same class of European vessels in their day. Its keel was laid down in March or April 1776 at Chatham, Connecticut, by John Cotton and was launched on 5 September 1776.
After three years of inactivity, Trumbull was finally freed in 1779. Capt. Elisha Hinman suggested that casks of water be lashed with stout ropes running beneath the keel, along the port and starboard sides. When the casks were pumped out, they rose and lifted the ship just enough so as to permit passage over the bar. Trumbull then was fitted out for sea at New London, Conn. under the direction of Nathaniel Shaw. On 20 September 1779, Capt. James Nicholson received command of the frigate.
PERIOD: ContemporaryORIGIN: Washington, United States
SIZE: 6" x 3'1" x 3 1/2"
