Ned Loe 3,873 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 USS Essex The USS Essex, a thirty-two-gun frigate built in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1799, was not the most glorious vessel in the history of the American navy, yet she was unique. Sailors throughout the world remarked on her speed and beauty of line, and the list of men who commanded her—Edward Preble, William Bainbridge, James Barron, and David Porter—reads like a who's who of the early American navy. She was the first U.S. warship to round the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean. Thirteen years later, she became the first American man-of-war to round the Horn into the Pacific, where her crew fought and lost one of the bloodiest sea battles in U.S. history. Plans: 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OTMatt 317 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Good job on finding the plans, when the time comes I think this ship would make a good basic frigate for the US Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Balck 214 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wind I think GL needs to add you as one of their researchers 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Loe 3,873 Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Wind I think GL needs to add you as one of their researchers That would be great)) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Similon 17 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That is pretty damn pretty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vlade lArkl 5 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Man thats pretty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrutishVulgarian 287 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I Love the Essex, I was disappointed when the new Ron Howard movie was about the wrong Essex, some greasy whaler. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PowderMonkey 97 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Id love to see this ship in game one of the original 6 frigates of the US navy, and at that a privately made one. I hope with the DEVS saying that here going to create a US ship pack this is included. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth P. 0 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I would like to know what the color scheme was for the masthead figure on the Essex. There seems to be some discrepancies between an all over single color of gold leaf to an individually painted cape, headdress, and other accoutrements associated with the American Indian lioness. Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
James Maguire 0 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hello, I started carving ships after my retirement and found this site while looking for information on the 1st Essex, ( I served on the USS Essex CVS9). The drawings you show have Item numbers, do they have a corresponding "Bill of Material"? Are they drawn to a scale or do they have dimensions? I would be interested in buying a set if that is possible? If you cannot help me, do you know of a place that that sells scaled drawings of "Period Ships"? Thank you, JIm Maguire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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