09 May 22:
The boat shop tools will be corrupted into service to make a boat, a model boat. The plans for a 1917 Ferris wood cargo ship will be traced onto a scrap 4x4 piece of pine. We'll start with the profile and full breadth diagrams to get the basic shape.
The Ferris ships have an interesting history, built out of wood, steam powered, coal burning and designed to carry cargo. This design allowed steel and oil to be concentrated on warship construction. The Great War ended about the time the first 100 ships were built, and more continued to be built for a few years. Eventually they were sold for scrap, several times, but the scrap contracts were never lucrative for wooden ships. Hulks were dragged into Mallows Bay, MD and burned, but remnants remain today. Turns out the lack of fuel and oil pollutants allowed the local marine habitat to flourish. The area is now a National Marine Sanctuary.
(Image: fossilguy)
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