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New kit from @Modelship Dockyard ip Dockyard - USS Providence 1775 1:72

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USS Providence 1775 - 1:72 + Pre Sewn Sails - NEW

Shipping is included in the total price!! Please allow 7 days to fulfill and ship the order!! The product is shipped from China!! Size and Dimenshions Length 47cm Width 15cm Heigth 40cm The USS Providence was a single-masted sloop equipped with ten cannons and typically manned by about 80...
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The USS Providence was a single-masted sloop equipped with ten cannons and typically manned by about 80 crew members. Originally named the Katy, she was acquired by the United States Navy in 1775, becoming one of the first naval ships of the United States. The USS Providence served until 1779, when she was trapped and scuttled by her crew during the Battle of Penobscot Bay to avoid capture. During her brief service of less than four years, the USS Providence, operating alone or in small fleets, captured over twenty British naval or commercial vessels, achieving a distinguished record. Sloops like the USS Providence were widely used in American waters at the time for naval patrols or trades. They were popular due to their low cost, high maneuverability, and low crew requirements and so on. Additionally, these vessels were sometimes used for the notorious purpose of piracy in the Caribbean waters. It is rumored that the infamous pirate Blackbeard's last ship was a sloop similar to the USS Providence.​


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This is looking like a really nice kit of an attractive ship
Clever idea with the "plastic" first planking - and the second finaly visible planking is laser cut prepared - secure good looking hull
 
Looks like the way things are moving and is a good idea to introduce someone to building in wood, but takes a lot of the fun out of it for more experienced builders. I like it and it looks nice built up. And not too expensive for what you get.

Cheers JJ..
 
New kit from @Modelship Dockyard ip Dockyard - Upper Yangtze Cargo Boat 1:72
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Upper Yantze Cargo Boat 1:72

Shipping is included in the total price!! Please allow 7-10 days to fulfill and ship the order!! The product is shipped from China!! Size and Dimenshions Length 35cm Width 6cm Heigth 35cm Download Instruction Manual
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Building the Hayling Hoy


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Hayling Hoy 1760 1:48 - PEARWOOD VERSION

Shipping is included in the total price!! Please allow 10 days to fulfill the order!! The product is shipped from China!! Dimensions Scale: 1:48 Length Overall: 675.5mm Height Overall: 653mm Width Overall: 341mm Width of Hull (only): 135mm Length of Hull (only): 488mm) Level: Intermediate to...
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Building the Hayling Hoy


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Hayling Hoy 1760 1:48 - PEARWOOD VERSION

Shipping is included in the total price!! Please allow 10 days to fulfill the order!! The product is shipped from China!! Dimensions Scale: 1:48 Length Overall: 675.5mm Height Overall: 653mm Width Overall: 341mm Width of Hull (only): 135mm Length of Hull (only): 488mm) Level: Intermediate to...
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Really a NICE model
 
Probably of no great importance, but I just realized that the name USS Providence is very odd. As there was no United States of America in 1775, why would a ship be labeled as USS (US Ship). I found the following that might shed some light. The Navy traces its ancestry to 13 October 1775, when an act of the Continental Congress authorized the first ship of a new navy for the United Colonies, as they were then known, but the ships of the Continental Navy, and of the Navy later established under the federal Constitution, were not named in any strictly categorical manner. American Navy ships began to be officially called USS in 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt issued Executive Order 549.
Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
Probably of no great importance, but I just realized that the name USS Providence is very odd. As there was no United States of America in 1775, why would a ship be labeled as USS (US Ship). I found the following that might shed some light. The Navy traces its ancestry to 13 October 1775, when an act of the Continental Congress authorized the first ship of a new navy for the United Colonies, as they were then known, but the ships of the Continental Navy, and of the Navy later established under the federal Constitution, were not named in any strictly categorical manner. American Navy ships began to be officially called USS in 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt issued Executive Order 549.
Allan
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Hallo Allan,
I am really no specialist in this - also wikipedia page is mentioning these ships already as USS xyz as part of the Continental Navy

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Continental Navy - Wikipedia

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United States Ship - Wikipedia

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Often the ships were named USS also before Roosevelt fixed it

USS Merimac | Royal Museums Greenwich

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You are right Uwe, they had no set rules until 1907 but I don't understand how there could be a ship named United States Ship (USS) in 1775 if there was not country called the United States until September 9, 1776. At least that was the official date, maybe they chose to use the designation before then or the ships of 1775 had the designation later in their life. Still, thought it was interesting if not a bit of a quandary to me.
Allan
 
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