USS Constellation Frigate Wooden Tall Ship Model 38 Handmade Wooden Model
Handmade item The model is 100% scratch built with planks-on-frame construction method from wood. The hull above the waterline is painted, the hull below waterline is natural wood finished. The masts are full rigged with full sails. It take hundreds of hours to finish this model by skillful master craftsmen. The ornaments such as anchor, steering wheel, hand rails are metal. Model is fully assembled and ready to display. The base included with the brass nameplate as show pictures. Dimensions approximate 37.67″L x 10.62″W x 27H Condition: brand new product. She was distinguished as the first U. Navy vessel to put to sea and the first U. Navy vessel to engage, defeat, and capture an enemy vessel. Constellation was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. The original USS Constellation was constructed in 1797 by Joshua Humphreys and broken up for scrap in 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia at the same time as the keel was laid for what would later be known as the second USS Constellation. The paper “Fouled Anchors: The Constellation Question Answered”, by Dana M. Published by the Navy’s David Taylor Research Center in 1991, concludes that they are different ships. The item “USS Constellation Frigate Wooden Tall Ship Model 38 Handmade Wooden Model” is in sale since Sunday, August 07, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Boats & Ships\Military\Models”. The seller is “americanmodelship” and is located in Houston, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.