Mould Loft plans for the Ship of the Line "Ohio". Two boards, one painted and one lacquered, each drawn with plans. The first plan for the masts and shafts which accepted same and the second, a top deck plan, from stem to stern. A legend along the bottom of one stating " Ohio masts from heel to truck, 243 feet. All-over fine craquelure pattern in the painted surface of the first and great age patina in the second. The name N.(?) Vincent in period script on the reverse of the second board. These two boards were found together being used as barn shelving many years ago and have been in our possession for the last 20 or so years. Only a handful of wooden American Ships of the Line were ever built. Ohio being the first to launch in 1820. A brief history of the building of "Ohio" Ohio was the first launched of a new class of ships-of-the-line designed by naval constructor William Doughty. She was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress 29 April 1816. Her keel was laid in November 1817 and she launched at the New York Navy Yard, 30 May 1820. "A more splendid ship, I never beheld," said an English naval officer who visited Ohio in 1826 while she lay in ordinary at New York. Owing to economic measures, she remained in ordinary until 1837 when she shifted to the Boston Navy Yard to complete fitting out. She commissioned 11 October 1838, Capt. Joseph Smith, commanding, and sailed the 17th to be armed at New York. Ship-of-the-Line Ohio. From Brady's Kedge Anchor. Ohio was built by naval constructor Henry Eckford who modified the Doughty design in her construction. She was nearly identical to sister ships of "North Carolina class": Alabama (renamed New Hampshire); Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. Doughty would later complain: "And as the dimensions given by the draught for each ship were correct and approved, it is conceived that the inference would necessarily be that any material deviation would be improper." He had furnished Henry Eckford instructions ranging from deck plans to the mode by which a round house was to be installed. "As respects the Ohio," wrote Doughty, "it may be remarked generally that she is about the same length and beam and 2 feet more in depth of hold than the other ships; that with the same weight on board she will draw from 12 to 18 inches more, abaft, and will carry her guns as high from the water, but being sharper both forward and abaft, she will plunge and fall deeper than the others and be more uneasy at her masthead." Ohio was certainly a handsome ship, being a remarkably good sailer and a good seaboat as well. It was said that she handled like a frigate, so splendid were her sailing qualities. Larges one is Size: 36" H X 11".

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