SHIP DRAWINGS AND BLUEPRINTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) SHIP DRAWINGS AND BLUEPRINTS: Includes a small selection of identified and unidentified ship drawings and blueprints.
Arranged alphabetically by ship's name.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 1
R/V
Alexander Agassiz II (12 sheets)
1962-1965, undated
General note
Drawings include: Deck arrangements, drilling and coring options, life boat storage, tripod mast, Alguire installation drawing,
thermometer reading chair drawing, and lab arrangement. Designers include: Thearle & Emerson and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 2
R/V
Alexander Agassiz II (13 sheets)
1966-1967
General note
Drawings include: Deck arrangement, ship sections and profiles, proposed derrick, crew and room arrangements, and deep coring
winch plans. Designers include: Higgins Industries Inc., Ocean Science and Engineering Inc., and M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 3
R/V
Alpha Helix (12 sheets)
1963 September 23
General note
Drawings include: Outboard profiles, inboard profile, general arrangements (hold and inner bottom, main deck and above), lines
and offsets, structural plans and frames. Designers include: L.R. Glosten & Associates.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 4
R/V
Argo (7 sheets)
1962-1966
General note
Drawings include: Deck arrangements and dredge wench A-frame plans. Designers include: Thearle & Emerson and Scripps Institution
of Oceanography.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 5
R/V
Horizon (2 sheets)
1944, 1963
General note
Drawings include: blueprint of main deck used in 1948 conversion (contract no. N0bs 1259, B.P. file 21-10-8, tracing no. 2208,
Bureau of Ships plan no. ATA 174-S010-118569 ALT), as well as Hydraulic frame blueprints. Designers include: U.S. Navy Bureau
of Ships and Hargo Engineering.
Oversize Annex MC-020, Folder 5
R/V
New Horizon (5 sheets)
1965-1968, undated
General note
Drawings include: hand drawn ship designs for proposal (1965), ship profiles (1966), ship body plan with revised lines (1968),
and hand drawn outline (undated). Designers include: Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Oversize Annex MC-021, Folder 1
R/V
Orca (3 sheets)
undated
General note
Drawings include: boat deck, main deck, and platform deck. Designers include: Thearle & Emerson.
Oversize Annex MC-021, Folder 2
Unidentified ships (14 sheets)
1951-1965, undated
General note
Ships include an unidentified T-Agor and proposed replacements for R/V
Spencer F. Baird and R/V
Argo. Drawings include: Deck arrangements, interior deigns, ship lines and profiles, and ship sections. Designers include: U.S.
Navy Bureau of Ships, Marinette Marine Corporation, Higgins Industry Inc., and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
