I’m in the process of getting info together for an attempt at a 1/350 scale AKA - specifically, USS MERRICK (AKA97) which I served on 1966-1967 (Gawd, am I glad I got off that ship!!)…I need to find the hull stations to get the correct hull dimensions for the frames. Can you help me, or turn me to a direction where I can get this info…I’ve tried the usual sites, but no success. TIA
Doug Bauer
Albany, OR
US Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) project
They have drawn & digitized plans of several ships in the mothball fleets. Included is the USS Gage an APA. Yes, the Gage is a Haskell class which is based broadly on the Victory ship hull, and the Merrick is an Andromeda class, a Federal Built C2 hull. Its a start.
I don’t see a C2 hull. I’d need to dig deeper\
EDIT: Here’s a Liberty hull
Cool,my father served on AKA-91 USS-Whitley would love to follow your progress if you get it going.
And my father was a plank owner on the USS Oberon (AKA-14), an Arcturus-class hull. Also a Federal-built C2
I could only add that a scratchbuilt C2 would be a much better undertaking at a larger scale. say 1:96 or 1/16" (EDIT: 1/8") equals 1 foot. Or 1:192 or 1/32"(EDIT: 1/16") equals 1 foot.
Larger scale scratchbuilds of auxiliaries make great display models.
Bill
Doug, pg 13 has some frame sections
Our most excellent Bill speaks truth.
Also, there area ton of accessories in metal, resin and the like to help you cope with the repetitive bits and bobs.
Hola!
I am in the process of digging out the U.S.S. Burleigh. I believe she’s a Haskell Class.
The Scale Shipyard offers fiberglass hulls in 1/96th scale for the C2 (57 & 3/8" LOA x 7 & 7/8" beam)and Liberty ship (55 & 3/16" LOA x 7 & 1/2" beam).
It appears that Bill’s post got garbled in puncuation. 1/96 scale is 1/8" = 1’.
Thanks Bob.
Yes 1/96 is 1/8" inch equals one foot.
Big scale scratchbuilt ship models are much easier to do, as a major kind of project.
I have rolled up drawings of the Maritime Commission ships, all from the LOC.
Hi Bill;
There is a Bar( or was a bar?) on the Suisun Straits on the Martinez side. They had a very large model of the C-2or3 that I believe was a Scientific Kit from years ago. Over the bar no less.
I got into ship modeling as a kid when we used to eat at a nice restruant in Detroit that had a nice sailing ship model displayed on the wall. I was already into (wood) airplane models. That would have been about seventy years ago. I figured if I could do model airplanes I could do a ship, and found a revenue cutter kit, either Scientific or something similar, and have been building ship models ever since. I think the ship displayed in the restruant was a clipper.
Tanker-Builder, U.S.S. Burleigh is a Bay**field Class Att**ack Transport not a Haskell Class Amphibious Attack Transport.
Corrected my math.
So I wonder if a Liberty hull might be a place to start. Length, beam and displacement fairly close, and they sort of look the same.
Deck level up, all different except some of the fittings might work. But that’s 1/350 if you start with the Trumpeter J O’B.