Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Unknown
- Abstract:
- The United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings collection, circa 1945, (SAFR 21364, HDC1305) consists of 124 diazo diagrams of, and specifications for, various ship and boat fittings. Fittings detailed include door handles, fair leads, bitt and chock, iron hand wheels, locks, hinges, standard keyways, boat davit sockets, ventilator hoods and lifting pads for guns. The drawings are fastened together with three brass ties. The collection is open for use.
- Extent:
- 124 items
- Language:
- In English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1305 (SAFR 21364), United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Background
- Scope and content:
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The United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings collection, circa 1945, (SAFR 21364, HDC1305) consists of 124 diazo diagrams of, and specifications for, various ship and boat fittings. Fittings detailed include door handles, fair leads, bitt and chock, iron hand wheels, locks, hinges, standard keyways, boat davit sockets, ventilator hoods and lifting pads for guns. The drawings are fastened together with three brass ties. The collection is open for use.
Some detailed diagrams are of fittings for a variety of specific ships and boats. These include the U.S.S. MISSOURI, U.S.S. ILLINOIS, U.S.S. ARKANSAS, S.S. MONGOLIA, S.S. KERSHAW & S.S. NANTUCKET, S.S. MASSACHUSETTS, the battleship KANSAS and U.S.T.D.B. STRINGHAM.
Some diazotypes show standard fittings used on United States Navy ships, U.S. dredgers, New York Shipbuilding Corporation vessels, New York fire tugs, or for ships made by the H. & H. Company, the M.S. Company (Merrit-Chapman & Scott Corp.) and the N. & L. Company.
- Biographical / historical:
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This collection includes detailed drawings of fittings from numerous ships. Included here is some basic information for a few of these ships.
The U.S.S. MISSOURI, an Iowa-class battleship, was laid down at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn in 1941. The ship was launched and commissioned in1944.
The keel of the U.S.S. ILLINOIS was laid at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in January 1945. It was scheduled to be an Iowa-class battleship but was canceled and scrapped in August 1945.
The U.S.S. ARKANSAS was a Wyoming-class battleship. Its keel was laid down in 1910 in Camden, New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1912 and saw duty in both World War I and World War II.
The S.S. MONGOLIA was built by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey in 1902. The ship was ordered by E.H. Harriman's Pacific Mail Steamship Company for its San Francisco-Far East route. The vessel was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1919 and served in both world wars as the U.S.S. MONGOLIA.
The U.S.S. KANSAS was a Connecticut-class battleship. Its keel was laid down in Camden, New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding Company in 1905, it was launched in 1905, commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1921.
- Acquisition information:
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SAFR-00001
These plans are part of a bulk accession from Golden Gate National Recreational Area when the San Francisco Maritime Museum became a National Historical Park in 1988. The plans are from the Old Plans Classified System, Code US-51.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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Original order
- Physical location:
- San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
- Physical description:
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- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard .
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Shipbuilding--military aspects--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations--American
Naval architects
Diazotypes
Architectural drawings - Names:
- Arkansas (Battleship)
Illinois (Battleship)
Mongolia (Steamship)
Missouri (Battleship : BB 63)
Nantucket (Steamship)
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
United States. Navy.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
- Terms of access:
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Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
- Preferred citation:
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1305 (SAFR 21364), United States Navy drawings and specifications for fittings, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- Location of this collection:
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Building E, Fort MasonSan Francisco, CA 94123, US
- Contact:
- 415-561-7030