Amerigo Vespucci – Brian Stein

θωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβ νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυι οπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγη ϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβSMA SMA νµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψ υιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνNewsletterNewsletterµθωερτψυιοπασδφ γηϕκλζξχϖβνVolume 47,µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ Number 1, January 2020 ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν µθωε ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµρτψυιοπασδφ Contacts γηϕκλζξχϖβνPresident: Jeanµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχ-Philippe Dal Gobbe – [email protected] Vice President: Brian Stein – [email protected] ϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβSecretary: Paul Payne: (310) 544-1461 νµθωε Treasurer: Larry Van Es: (714) 936-0389 – [email protected] Editor: Don Dressel: (909) 949-6931 – [email protected]. ρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνWeb Manager: Doug Tolbert: (949) 644-5416µ θωερτψυιοπα SMA mail address: 21520 Yorba Linda Blvd, Suite G234, Yorba Linda, Ca. σδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλ92887 www.shipmodelersassociation.org. ζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνMeeting – Wed., January 15, 7 PM, Red Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, µθ Fullerton, CA. 92832 ωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιο πασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕ κλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβν 1 µθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµθωερτψυ ιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµρτψυιοπασδφγηϕκ λζξχϖβνµθωερτψυιοπασδφγηϕκλζξχϖβνµ WORK IN PROGRESS December 18, 2019 Reporter: Dave Yotter Baby Alligator Chapleau – Dave Yotter From Wikipedia: Alligator boats were a type of amphibious vehicle used in the forestry industry throughout Ontario, the Maritime provinces of Canada and the northern United States from the mid-19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. These boats were so named because of their ability to travel between lakes by pulling themselves with a winch across land. Alligators served as “warping tug”. They towed log booms across lakes and then portaged themselves using a winch to the next body of water. The rugged, steam- powered tugs were one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry in North America. Alligators were scow-shaped, shallow draft boats, fitted with side-mounted paddle wheels, powered by a 20-horsepower steam engine and provided with a cable winch and large anchor. By using the winch Alligators could pull themselves over land, around portages and up as much as a 20-degree incline at the rate of 1 to 2 ½ miles per day. They could haul a boom of some 60,000 logs across water against all but the strongest winds. They were heavily but simply built, making rebuilding and repair easy. Alligators began with paddle wheel propulsion. Later versions used screw propellers and diesel engines in place of steam. Dave has started work on his 1:48 (O scale) Train Troll kit of the baby alligator- warping tug Chapleau. He purchased the kit at a past NRG Conference. Andy SmAll is the designer, builder and manufacturer at Train Troll www.traintroll.com and the kits are of very high quality. All his kits are designed around the model railroad scales of O, S, HO and he even has some F (1:20) scale models in the works. Andy says: Train Troll is a “Small” family model railroad business specializing in waterline and full hull vessels, small paddle wheelers, towboats, barges, and On30/On2 narrow gauge craftsman kits, as well as unique detail kits, crates, wagons and carts in various scales. 2 The kit Dave is working on is a waterline, side-wheel version of the warping tug. Andy also has a screw propeller version of the same tug. So far, the hull is put together and the engine house is started. Since the model will require painting I was delighted to find that my ancient hoard of Floquil paints have been easy to resurrect. The ones that were tightly capped so far have only required some extensive stirring. HMS Roebuck – Don Dressel Roebuck was the prototype of the Roebuck-class ships, two-deck, fifth-rate ships built to operate in the shallower waters of North America. She was designed by renowned naval architect Sir Thomas Slade in 1769 as an improvement on his Phoenix model, and ordered by the Admiralty on 30 November. Her keel of 115 feet 9 inches was laid down in October the following year at Chatham Dockyard. As built, Roebuck was 140 feet long at the gundeck, with a beam of 37 feet 9 ½ inches and a depth in the hold of 16 feet 4 inches. She measured 879 26/94 tons burthen. Launched on 24 April 1774 and completed by 4 August 1775, Roebuck cost £18,911.0.6d plus a further £1,749.5.5d for fitting. Roebuck was built with two rows of windows in the stern, giving the illusion of an extra deck, but behind them was a single-level cabin. The design was eventually phased out for the Roebuck-class ships completed after HMS Dolphin. Most of the remaining ships of the class had a traditional frigate-style stern. On her lower gun deck, Roebuck carried twenty 18-pounder guns. Her upper deck originally had twenty-two 9-pounder guns but these were later upgraded to 12-pounder guns. There were two 6-pounder guns on her forecastle but the quarterdeck was devoid of armament. When fully manned, Roebuck had a complement of 280 officers and enlisted men. This was increased to 300 in 1783. First commissioned by Captain Andrew Snape Hamond in July 1775, Roebuck left for North America in September, joining Lord Howe’s squadron and taking part in operations against New York the following year. On 25 March 1776, she was cruising alone off Cape Henlopen when she ran aground. She suffered no damage, enabling her crew to get her off and into deep water where she was anchored. The following day, a sail was sighted in the bay and Hamond sent two of the ship’s boats to investigate. The craft turned out to be a small American schooner, which the crew abandoned on seeing the British boats approaching. The newly acquired prize and Roebuck’s tender then pursued and caught two sloops. On 28 March, Roebuck’s boats were again in action, taking another sloop. In the afternoon, her tender narrowly avoided capture by the American 10-gun sloop Hornet. On hearing of the encounter, Roebuck set off in pursuit of the American vessel but was unable to locate her. 3 Roebuck took part in the Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776, attacking the American gun batteries at Red Hook. On 9 October she was in action on the Hudson River, which HMS Phoenix and HMS Tartar, where she destroyed two armed galleys and forced her way upstream, whilst engaging, on either side, the two forts of Washington and Lee. Between 10 March and 21 December 1776, Howe’s squadron captured or destroyed 166 vessels, of which Roebuck claimed partial responsibility for at least twenty-three. In April 1777, she took two warships, the 14-gun Carolina State Navy Defence and the 10-gun USS Sachem. In August 1777, the British were planning to land an army at the head of the Elk River with the object of securing Philadelphia. Because of Hamond’s familiarity with the local waters, Roebuck, which had hitherto been involved in operations on the Delaware River, was withdrawn to mark out a channel through Chesapeake Bay for Howe’s 267- strong flotilla. Roebuck, with the 32-gun Apollo and four smaller vessels, escorted the troopships up the river on 25 August and provided cover while the army disembarked about six miles from Turkey Point. Following the defeat of an American force at the Battle of Brandywine and its subsequent retreat to Philadelphia in September, Howe led Roebuck and a squadron of small vessels up the Delaware where the Americans had erected redoubts overlooking the river and sunk obstructions to prevent its navigation. At Billingsport, a large earthworks and gun battery protected a channel, blocked with a submerged cheval del fries. This implement was constructed of large wooden frames, filled with stones and fronting iron- tipped spears. Stationed along the river were floating batteries and gunboats, and 3 miles further upstream, another set of obstacles had been sunk between Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer. The British captured Philadelphia on 26 September but control of the river was crucial to keeping their forces there supplied. Hamond offered to force a channel at Billing’s Point, if Howe could muster sufficient men to put the fort there out of action. Two regiments from Chester, Pennsylvania, crossed the river and chased off the American garrison while the men of Roebuck breached a seven-foot opening for Roebuck, Augusta, two frigates, a sloop and a galley to sail through. After unsuccessful attempts to take the forts Mifflin and Mercer, the six British vessels were subjected to heavy fire when they engaged the American flotilla at the Battle of Red Bank. Augusta ran aground and caught fire and the sloop, Merlin, blew up; Roebuck and the remaining force broke off the attack and returned to Billingsport. Still requiring a supply route to Philadelphia but unable to open up the Delaware while Fort Mifflin was occupied, Howe took possession of Province Island in November and began erecting gun batteries. Following a six-day bombardment, the Americans abandoned the fort. Two days later Fort Mercer also fell, leaving the British free to work their way upriver in pursuit of the enemy fleet which was later scuttled at Gloucester. By 18 May 1778, Roebuck was in Philadelphia where she took part in celebrations, held in honor of Howe and his brother William who was commander-in-chief of the British land forces. In July 1778, Roebuck was at Sandy Hook, near New York Bay, and in August she took part in an action against a French fleet. France had entered the war on the American side in February that year. On 29 July, the French fleet from Toulon, commanded by Charles 4 Hector, comte d’Estaing, arrived in Narragansett Bay, and the next day they began raiding British positions on Conanicut and Goat Island. On 8 August, 4,000 French soldiers and sailors were landed to reinforce the 10,000 American troops who had just crossed from the mainland to attack the British garrison on Rhode Island.

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