U.S.S. Pennsylvania (1837)

[Hipitron9000]

Hey guys, I was curious if anyone has any information or blueprints/designs of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania? I have been looking around for about 2 weeks, have ordered some books and looked through them such as, "The History of American Sailing Ships" by Howard I. Chapelle, and have found almost no information on it's blueprints. I have resorted to tracing out some old torn drawings I found after a few days of research of some* of her decks and overall shape, but largely they aren't useful. Does anyone have any information on her bulkheads, frames, masts, rigging, or anything beyond A side profile and low-information deck plans?

Furthermore, I have also read through several forums and discussions around the U.S.S. Pennsylvania with no great sources of information. most photos provided by users are blurry at best under view. I greatly appreciate any information and help.

 

[Mike41]

I posted a cross section of the USS Pennsylvania (1837) Scale: 1:64 Cross Section you might find helpful.
Good luck with your build.
Mike

 

[Hipitron9000]

I appreciate your help and your dedication towards that amazing 1:64 Cross Section!

 

[Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)]

what do you need i have a file on the Pennsylvania

 

[DAWarden-(Jaager)]

I greatly appreciate any information and help.

Pennsylvania is one of two USN sail left in my frame patterns to be lofted queue. This monster is so large and so utilitarian and homely that I think that I will give it a pass. I do have some information:

Chapelle redrew Pennsylvania for inclusion in History of American Sailing Navy.
All of the illustrated plans can be purchased from The Smithsonian Institution (S.I.).
1:48 for Pennsylvania - exactly what is in the book.
My PDF scan is 800,000 bytes and a PDF conversion is 1,500,000 bytes.

The S,I, requirements information:
"The Smithsonian's collection of watercraft plans, maintained by the History of Technology Division of the National Museum of American History, is a valuable resource for the maritime historian, the student of naval architecture, other scholars, the model builder, and craftspeople. To make this collection more accessible to the public, black-line reproductions of many of the plans are offered for sale. The following three publications contain descriptions of plans and instructions for ordering large-scale copies; these catalogs are only available by writing to the address below. The catalogs and plans belonging to the Smithsonian Institution are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission."

The link is: https://americanhistory.si.edu/about/departments/work-and-industry/ship-plans

They do not know from on-line ordering, credit cards, it is snail mail only My last with them was pre-Covid, I hope they survived it.

An electronic set of plans lines 0266 masts and sails 0281 is available from a French archival site Service Historique de la Defence free download both are PNG. They enlarge fairly well in Painter.
The link is: https://web.archive.org/web/2012011...ctions/banquedocuments/planbato/atlas/rec.php


The John Lenthall collection has plans - quite a few it seems- I suspect that a visit in person to Philadelphia would be required. I am not sure that getting copies is a possibility.

https://www.scribd.com/document/429684186/John-Lenthall-Collection-PhillySeaport-pdf

Dean