USS North Carolina, Beautiful 38 Wood model. USS North Carolina US Navy Frigate 1820 Powerful Man-O-War. Wooden Plank on Frame. 37″L x 10″ W x 29 H. Not from a Kit. With planks on frame construction method from the drawings. The wood used to build the hull is plantation acacia and the wood on the deck is joined by small pieces just as in a hand joined deck It takes out highly skilled craftsmen hundreds of hours to build this truly incredible model. The base is made of the MDF. The finished model is fully assembled and ready for display. Beautiful , you will be proud to display the unique masterpiece in your home, business or Yacht. Our stunning USS North Carolina model is handcrafted from beautiful mahogany, and various other exotic woods. The hull is constructed using a plank on frame method, each strip of exotic wood are carefully joined together to form a smooth hull. This model is completely hand built to spec by skillful and creative master craftsmen; you will be amazed at how real it looks. Highly detailed: wooden bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, and mizzen mast. They are all connected to numerous fabric sails with detailed stitching, all rigging are painstakingly fastened by hand in matching colors. Wooden machine with metal chain use to secure and dropping anchor are at the forepeak. On the quarter deck, theres a navigational area, midship you will find 4 wooden life boats. 74 guns An attached wooden stand with a nameplate engraved USS North Carolina is standard on this model. Our model was built according to scale through original plans, pictures and drawings. Our rare model comes fully-assembled and ready to be display. One of the “nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each” authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, she was laid down in 1818 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 7 September 1820, and fitted out in the Norfolk Navy Yard. Master Commandant Charles W. Morgan was assigned to North Carolina as her first commanding officer on 24 June 1824. In 1845, she had fifty-six 42-pounders (19 kg), twenty-six 32-pounders (15 kg), and eight 8 in (200 mm) cannons, for a total of 90. Considered by many the most powerful naval vessel then afloat, North Carolina served in the Mediterranean as flagship for Commodore John Rodgers from 29 April 1825 18 May 1827. In the early days of the Republic, as today, a display of naval might brought a nation prestige and enhanced her commerce. Such was the case as Rodgers’ squadron which laid the groundwork for the 1830 commercial treaty with Turkey opening ports of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea to American traders. After a period in ordinary at Norfolk, North Carolina decommissioned on 30 October 1836 to fit out for the Pacific Squadron, the one other area where ships of her vast size could be employed. Only the Mediterranean and the western coast of South America at that time offered ports which could accommodate ships of great draft. Again flagship of her station, flying the pennant of Commodore Henry E. Ballard, North Carolina reached Callao, Peru on 26 May 1837. With the War of the Confederation raging between Chile and Peru, and relations between the United States and Mexico strained, North Carolina protected the important American commerce of the eastern Pacific until March 1839. Auctiva Free Image Hosting. Show off your items with Auctiva’s Listing Templates. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “USS North Carolina, Tall Ship, American Frigate, Man-O-War, 1820 37 Rare Beauty” is in sale since Wednesday, February 03, 2016. This item is in the category “Antiques\Maritime\Model Ships”. The seller is “forbiddenapple” and is located in Houston, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe.