Flying Cloud, the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay, set the world’s sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco. The trip took 89 days and 8 hours. a record that held for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989.
About the Vessel USS Kendall C. Campbell was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort built during World War II. She took part […]
This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in 1898.
Race from New Orleans to St. Louis against another Mississippi paddle steamer, the Robert E. Lee, was immortalized in a lithograph by Currier and Ives.
A sidewheeler that worked lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire where the modeler used to live.
Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.
Daisy is best known for a 1912-13 voyage to South Georgia Island. On that voyage, the American Natural History Museum paid for a naturalist, Robert Cushman Murphy, to sail aboard “Daisy” to document the marine animals, especially the birds, in the Antarctic. Murphy wrote extensively about the voyage and took many photos.
De 13 Søskende (The 13 Siblings) The model is in its early stages. Once completed, I will add a series of final […]
