JP MORGAN's CORSAIR sailing yacht ship large 34" fully built museum model & stand

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JP MORGAN's CORSAIR YACHT

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FULLY BUILT AND READY TO DISPLAY MUSEUM QUALITY SHIP MODEL

 

  • LARGE MUSEUM QUALITY MODEL
  • Dimension Approx.: 34″L x  25″H
  • The model is 100% hand built by artisans from scratch using “plank on bulkhead” construction method
  • Rosewood, mahogany, teak and other exotic woods are carefully selected to build the model
  • Highly complex rigging with varied thread gauge, hundreds of blocks and deadeyes.
  • Life poats on davits
  • Hand-painted to match the actual tall ship.
  • Solid wood base and brass name plate included.
  • The model is already built, NOT a model ship kit
  • Handcrafted from scratch using finest woods & metal fittings

 

DESCRIPTION

The famous J.P. Morgan's yacht Corsair was built in 1891.  She employed both sail and steam for propulsion. She was first of several personal yachts carrying the Corsair linage. 

The Corsair served eight years for J.P. Morgan before she was purchased for $225,000 by the US Navy for service in the Spanish-American War.  She was renamed USS Gloucester.  Lt. Richard Wainright, the last commander of the famous USS Maine, commanded her.

USS Gloucester was classified as a gunboat. She was armed with four 6-pounder and four 3-pounder guns as well as two Colt machine guns.  At the battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba, July 3, 1898, when the Spanish fleet was bottled up inside the bay by the US Navy and about to exploit a break in the lines of the US Navy's dreadnaughts in order to escape, the USS Gloucester dove through the breech with its guns blazing, disrupting the Spaniards long enough for the dreadnaughts to maneuver back into position.

At the onset of  the battle, as the Spanish destroyers appeared, USS Indiana sent out a signal stating "Torpedo boats coming out". However, Wainwright claimed he read the signal as "Gunboats close in" as an excuse to cover the Gloucester's disregard of orders.  The Gloucester attacked, crossing the battleship USS Indiana's line of fire, causing her to stop firing.

Gloucester fiercely attacked the Spanish destroyer Furor and jammed her rudder, rendering her unable to continue the fight.  When the major battleships engaged, the small Gloucester changed her role.  She launched boats to rescue 45 of the crewmen from Spanish destroyer Pluton that had been blown up.  She bravely steamed to the burning hulks of the Infanta MariaTeresa and the Almirante Quendo and picked up more Spanish survivors.  Gloucester lost no men in the engagement.

On July 25, 1898, Gloucester attacked and captured the Spanish port of Guanica in Puerto Rico. On August 1, 1898, she and USS Wasp took the port of Arroyo in Puerto Rico and held it until the army arrived a day later.

Beginning on November 15, 1902, Gloucester served as tender for the Commander in Chief of the South Atlantic Squadron.  She steamed in the West Indies and off the coast of South America.

USS Gloucester was decommissioned on February 8, 1905 at Pensacola.   On April 7, 1917, USS Gloucester was recommissioned.  She patrolled harbors around New York during WWI.  On August 12, 1919, she was struck from the Navy List and sold on November 21, 1919.

Our model of JP MPORGAN's personal yacht Corsair is 100% handcrafted by artisans from scratch, using high-grade woods such as rosewood, mahogany, teak, and other exotic woods. The model required hundreds of hour to complete by skillful and creative master craftsmen. It is built using all the finest materials and metal fittings to build the model. Our model was built according to scale through original plans, pictures and drawings. This Corsair model comes ready to be display on a wood-base.

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE OF HISTORY AT GREAT SAVINGS!!!