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USS SCORPION Raiset “TELESCOPE G r e a t La k es M o d e l Shipbuilders * G u il d ■ ELLI IILI DETROIT 7. MICHIGAN Vol. 2 August 1953 No. 8 USS SCORPION RAISEt Through the kindness of Mrs.Hames famous little fighting ship, but not 0. Murphie, of Grosse Pointe, A rec- until the remains of the "Tecumseh" cent visitor to Canada, comes news were removed from on top of her. of the raising of the U.S.S.Scorpion The "Tecumseh" had been sunk sever­ from the watery grave where 3he hfcs al hundred feet away, but wave and lain 135 years. ice action had moved her. This Is the same "Scorpion” which, The remains of the "Scorpion" fired the first and the last shots will rest besides those of her one­ at the Battle of Put-in-Bay in 1813. time consort, the "Tigris", which After that engagement she was one was raised in 1928, outside the of the fleet sent into Lake Huron museum at Penetanguishene, the to destroy the "Nancy", last British scene of this salvage operation. vessel above Niagara, then running Mr. Jury is to be commended for supplies to Mackinac Island from grave:pp 5 the Nottawasaga River, With that mission accomplished the American e xh ib itio n a success fleet dispersed; The "Niagara" go* The Guild's second annual model lng to Mackinac Island to intercept exhibition, August 24-25, 1953 was supplies that might reach there by in every way successful. Well over small boats. The "Scorpion" and the one thousand visited the show and "Tigris" set out to look for furs gate receipts greatly exceeded those moving by canoes towards the lower for last year's event. Canadian provinces. They became sep­ New members, new subscribers to arated, and the "Tigris", surprised the TELESCOPE, and more important, by Lt. Worsly, late commander of a better understanding by the public the "Nancy", fell to the British. of the aims and objectives of the This capture was made by boarding, Guild, were among the results from four small bofts while the achieved. "Tigris" lay at anchor. The display was very colorful,--- Without lowering the American so much so that a special photo­ flag, Lt. Worsly sailed in search grapher was engaged to make color of the "Scorpion". Two days later slides for future use. she was sighted, and the following One of the features of this year's morning the "Tigris" ran alongside exhibition was a number of models her, and after a brief hand to hand under construction. As anticipated, scuffle on the decks of the "Scorp­ great interest was shown in this ion" she became a prize of the section. , British. Both vessels remained in Seven very striking hart>or scenes possession of the British until painted by Mr. C. Geerts, a Detroit 1817, when by agreement between the artist, was another very interest­ 8-00P.M two nations, both were sunk, along ing feature, and a complete exhibit with a number of others. Including on kit models and model fittings the British "Tecumseh", occupied one entire case. J.T.WING Just recently Mr. Wilfred Jury, The Judges were Mr. Charles Lincoln Meeting of the University of Western Ontario of Grosse Ile, retired American organized the salvage operations Bureau of Shipping surveyor; Mr. October October 2, | which on August 29, last, brought Robert Soule, Naval Architect for i to the surface the skeleton of this ________________exhibition:pp. 4 _ 2 The TELESCOPE ship was built in a wilderness, Published every month by the Great between a freeze and a thaw, so Lakes Model Shipbuilders Guild,Belle every detail not functional, was l3le, Detroit J, Michigan. necessarily eliminated. Unfriendly Joseph 2. Johnston........... Editor Indians were a factor which,very Robert H. Da/ison......... Publisher likely, dictated a change from the Chairman Publicity Committee complicated square Jib and top­ 15/ per. copy; $1.50 per. year; free gallant jib to a headsail arrange­ to paid members of G.L.M.S.G, __ ment universally adopted every­ where, and similar to that of a The Little Ships: modem schooner. Lh GRll-TON Planks and timbers had to be EDITORS NOTE*—This is the first in a whipsawed ir hewn. In the "Griffin" series of articles by Capt'n J.E. they would be heavier and wider. Johnston, curator of Museum of Great _ Much of the iron work, brought all Lake3 History, the marine branch of the way from France, was lost when the Detroit Historical Museum. the small vessel on Ontario was wrecked. Cordage had to take Its "Le Griffon", or the "Griffin", place. Fancy, turned rail stan­ was built on the east bank of the chions were out of the picture. Niagara River in 1679, by La Salle, Lack of space, and ease of*constr­ to serve the fur trade. The plans uction, made a log windlass the were tho3e of a Dutch coaster, of logical choice rather than a cap­ about 1650, according to the re­ stan of the period. So, step by cords, but there the records stop, step, a logical plan was evolved, so far as anything helpful to the checked, . and double checked, and model builder is concerned. Father finally work on the model was be­ Hennepin made two sketches, both gun. said to be of the "Griffin", but One model was nearly completed, unfortunately they are of different but it looked too much like it had types of craft, one with a round Griffin: pp.5 s tem and one with an oval transom. To omit the "Griffin" would be NOMINATION OF SEC-TREASURER telling a sttfry without a beginning. With the resignation of Edgar To include her in the continuity Hopusch on August 25» the office of would be like making a skeleton of a Secretary-Treasurer became vacant. dinesaur after finding only one Nominations for filling this vacancy tooth. Still, she was the first to will be received up until September sail the upper Lakes, and into her 30, 1953* Mail yours to Capt.Joseph went the dreams of the greatest of E. Johnston, Belle Isle, Detroit 7» the French pioneers. What was she Michigan, as soon as possible. like, and why was her type chosen? Such matters had to be considered NAUTICAL BOOKS by the model builder, and every Attention is called to the list3 probability weighed and retained; of nautical books., both new and rare every improbability discarded. which are available to Guild members The research went on over a per­ visItion the museum/ iod of thirteen years. The only Our fellow member, Owen Davies, document found was a list of her of Chicago, publishes a particularly spars, giving the dimensions. This interesting one which is mailed to was found among irrevelant papers the museum at regular Intervals. in French archives, in Paris. The next step was to find a Dutch type A SHE IS A SHE that would use such a rig. The Sometime ago the American Merchant reason why this was never done is Marine Institute asked the question, explained later, but the nearest "Why is a ship called she?" thing to it, in size, as well as Among the answers that were re­ type, was finally selected. ceived were "Because she needs a The round stem, being the hardest man to handle her"— "Because there's of the two to plank, was discarded not a stright line on 'em, they're in favor of the oval transom. The all curves"--"Because it takes a lot of paint to keep her trim." [ Page 3 1 Tales of the MUSEUM NOTES In the busy weeks around the time 1*0 '{ [ n i'( \ ^ 0 LI *1 '(i T of the Second Annual Model exhibit­ •J/i J j JJ J J J J J iji J i J J J J ion,— with the changing over,from historical sequence to display by "The Sheriff Captures A Runaway" type and class, then changing back to the former, not much change was Milwaukee:-One of Sheriff Burnham's made in the exhibits in the Museum Deputies now treads the deck of the of Great Lakes History. steamer Huron City, although he The hobby case now holds the "Sea does not sail the raging main to Horse",Captain William Taylor's all- any great extent, for the reason metal, self-propelled, gas-powered that the vessel is in dry dock at tug; Mr. Kenneth L. Fairbank's Ore the Milwaukee shipyard. The Sheriff carrier, which, by the way he has took possession of the steamer on donated to the museum; and a display an attachment filed by Wclf & of current and back numbers of Davidson to secure a claim of The TELESCOPE. $15 ,ll*-9 » and the papers were There was some activity in the served as soon after 12 o'clock museum's harbor on the evening of j last night as the law wpuld allow, August 26, when four members of j Wolf & Davidson also began suit in $hip No. 52, (J. T. Wing), Girl I the circut court against C„ H. Cook Mariners, and two leaders,were given and William Wilson, owners of the a workout under oars in the life­ Huron City, . to recover the amount boat donated by President Troy H. for which the boat was attached. Browning, of the T„H. Browning S.S. One night in June 1888, the Huron Co. and Mr. Nathan Silverstine. City was secretly run cut of Wolf Work on Captain Johnston's model & Davidson's shipyard, where she of LaSalle's "Griffon", has been had been rebuilt.
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