Ships Plans

Finding aids for archival collections

This collection consists of 225 drawings, representing 133 design. In addition to plans, it includes a notebook, dating to 1930-1931, which contains vessel specifications and statistical data is included. The material is from the personal collection of Lester Arnold, Sr. It includes plans for recreational, commercial, and some military craft; a small group of Sea Sled material is included.

This collection spans the years 1886 to 1925. The designs include yachts in power and sail, commercial vessels in power and sail, fishermen, military and government craft, and alterations to existing vessels. It includes some plans by Mr. Barney other designers such as B.B. Crowninshield, F.D. Lawley and H.C. Wintringham.

This plans range in date from 1944 through 1962 representing recreational and military vessels. The vessels include the work of Mr. Barry and other designers.

These plans include drawings for business use, words of other designers and drawings Mr. Barstow and others produced as members of the WPA watercraft documentation project. This entire collection represents vessels ranging in date from an 1832 half model to early- 20th-century recreational craft. Plans drawn by Mr. Barstow range in date from 1932 through 1957.

The small boat plans drawn by Mr. Beach included in this collection date from 1946 to 1966. A small groups of copy play plans for vessels designed at the office of William Gardner are also included.

These early plans from the 1880s represent student work produced at Cornell.

The plans for the yachts represented in this collection range in date from 1928 to 1969..

These yacht plans represent a selection of sailing vessels build by Britt Brothers from the work of various designers. Inclusive dates are 1933 to 1937.

This is a miscellaneous collections of plans by William Starling Burgess which includes designs in power and sail. A few plans from other designers also included.

This personal collection of Giovannii Cardelli includes plans for racing and cruising yachts, both power and sail. The dates range from 1934 to 1978. This collection represents plans from various designers including John Alden, a few from his own firm Cardelli & McCarthy Associates, and others.

These plans represent vessels produced by the firm from 1905 to 1946. These plans include plans for motor cruisers, launches, runabouts, yacht tenders, and standard detail drawings, such as steering gear used for various vessels. Once the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated the firm in 1919 became known as the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation. In Progress.

The plans in the collection date from 1896 through 1950; cataloguing is in progress. The plans are of racing and cruising power yachts including runabouts, motor cruisers and launches. The firm was known as the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, and later as Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation. See also Mystic Seaport Collection 40, the Charles L. Seabury Collection.

This collection includes mylar copies made from original drawings of Crosby cat boats ranging in date from 1903-1937. RESTRICTED. For permission to examine plans or obtain copies contact the Crosby Yacht Building & Storage Company, Inc. Osterville, MA 02655

This collection includes blueprints and bluelines of 63 designs, including small outboard power and sail boats and larger vessels, including a steam tug and PT boat. Dated plans range from 1920-1947.

This collection is mostly original plans all drawn by Bill Deed. It includes plans for small boats, mostly power cruisers, dating from 1950-1956.

These plans are from the personal collection of boatbuilder Edwin L. Deveau. The miscelleanous plans, representing 56 designs, date to 1930-1974, and included recreational vessels, engines and machinery. The work of various designers (Phil Rhodes, Sparkman & Stephens) and companies (General Motors) are included.

These plans are from the personal collection of Gil Dunham. The yacht plans range in date from 1949-1967.

This collection includes 85 drawings, representing 17 designs. The plans date from ca. 1939-1949 are mainly for stock features such as wiring, rudder assembly, and windshields for the later series of yachts. Some profiles are provided, but very little construction information is included. Most of the drawings are by Elco Yacht Division, Electric Boat Company, but are by the Elco Works.

The vessels represented date from 1931 to 1962 and are primarily for recreational sailing vessels.

This is a collection of yacht plan designed and drawn by Mr. Fowler covering the time period from 1935 to 1950.

This collection includes 84 designs of yachts, commercial vessels and some military craft. Many were built by Hutchinson's Boat Works, Inc. where Mr. Furness was employed. The collection also includes plans for John G. Alden's Malabar I, III-X.

This collection contains the plans which Mr. Gardner drew and published in his last two books, Classic Small Craft You Can Build" and "Wooden Boats To Build and Use"."

These plans are from the personal collection of Frederick Geiger. Included are 662 drawings, representing 84 designs. The collection ranges from 1930-1972, and includes plans for yachts in power and sail.

These plans are from the design firm and brokerage of Henry J. Gielow In. These plans include yachts and commercial craft in both power and sail, and range in date from 1896 to 1950.

These plans are from the personal collection of Mr. Hammond and includes blueprints and other copies of plans for cargo and passenger vessels, tugs, tanks, and other commercial vessels. The plans date from 1886-1959.

This material contains the plans for wooden and fiberglass yachts from the 1950's through the 1970's. Alterations appear for the 1980's. The fiberglass designs in this donation are restricted to research use only. Written permission must be obtained for the use of fiberglass designs in any vessel construction. Contact the firm at

The collection contains scows, barges, lighters, dredges, mostly unidentified ranging in date from 1890 to 1923

The plans collection includes vessels in power and sail, yachts, military, and commercial vessels. The dates range from 1915 to 1960 and include designs by other designers.

This collections consists of individual plans and bound volumes totaling 440 drawings, representing 353 designs. The drawings were collected from the Larsen Sailmakers firm from the designers or were drawn by the Larsen staff as necessary. The collection dates from ca. 1900-1981, and includes small and large yachts.

This collection contains blueprints, original drawings, and notebooks by F.K. Lord. There are 1523 drawings, representing 475 designs and three bound volumes in the collection. Included are designs for power and sail yachts; early power racing craft, and naval vessels.

This is a collection of 17 designs from the firms of Ford & Payne, Ford, Payne and W.J. Roue, and Ford, Payne and Sweisguth, and William J. Roue. The plans date from 1908-1935.

Sail plans were for vessels both large and small, yachts, and commercial sail and steam. Sloops, schooners, barks, ships, steamships and one tug are included. Drawings are attributed to both Charles and Charles H. Mallory.

This collection of blueprints and other copy plans for yachts and commercial vessels is from the personal collection of Charles D. Mallory, Sr. (1881-1941).

These plans are for rowing and sailing craft dating from 1980 to 1990 built or designed for Echo Bay Boats.

The plans in this collection range in date from 1901 to 1927. Included are fishing and racing schooners such as the Henry Ford, draggers, and yachts including the Surprise.

These plans show the work of both the Robert Mills Sail Loft and the William J. Mills & Company. They depict sails for yachts, ferry boats, and a variety of working watercraft including fishing vessels, from 1867 to 1931.

Book 1 contains sail plans for commercial sailing vessels of American or British Registry (1881 - 1917) Only 67 pages contain drawings. Book 2 depicts commercial vessels ranging in date from 1877 to 1916. Book 2 also contains individual loose drawings found between the pages.

This collection includes the drawings of Howard Merrick Smith, Jr. and other designers and are believed to have been used to build boats, and repair and maintain vessels in the Persson yard. The plans in this collection range in date from 1907 to 1955." mystic_collections"

This collection dates from the 1920's to 1956 and includes sail and power, commercial, recreational, and government work. Most of the plans were designed and built by Franklin G. Post & Son, Inc., although miscellaneous plans from other designers (Alden, Eldredge-McInnis, etc.) are also included. See also Mystic Seaport Collection 70, the Post-Seaport Marine Collection, for more of this firm's work.

This collection dates from ca. 1913 to 1959 and includes sail and power, commercial and recreational work. See also Mystic Seaport Collection 67, The Franklin G. Post & Son Collection, for more of this firm's work.

The designs of prominent naval architects and the sail plans for all types of large and small yachts are among the thousands of drawings included within this collection. Information is provided for the contents of each of the 47 gore books. Collection in progress.

These plans range in date from 1891 to 1918 and are from the Charles L. Seabury & Company which later merged and became the Gas Engine & Power Company and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated. Plans for motor yachts, commercial and military vessels, engines and marine machinery are included. See also Mystic Seaport Collection 89, Consolidated Shipbuilding-Mason Collection, for plans of the later period of this firm.

The plans range in date from 1893 to 1940. They include commercial carriers such as tankers, oil barges, and freighters, passenger steamers, and military vessels.

This collection includes 112 designs, consisting of blueprints and original plans. Most are by Howard Merrick Smith, Jr. The plans represent commercial, fishing, and recreational craft from 1918-1966; Mr. Smith's designs date from 1922-1956.

This collection, consisting mostly of yachts by numerous designers, range in date from 1904 to 1951. Some commercial watercraft designs are included.

The plans begin with Sparkman & Stephens design #1, dated 1929, and continue in chronological order. This firm is still in business and active in the design of new vessels. The Plans are now housed at the Collections Research Center at Mystic Seaport.

This personal collection contains plans of historic recreational craft from 1850 to 1930. Emphasis is primarily American. Mr. Stephen's collection includes plans from other designers, many of these original.

The dated yacht drawings range from 1901 to 1922. One Elco PT Boat from 1945, built when the firm was Electric Boat Co., Elco Division, is represented.

The sail plan book covers commercial vessels from October 1860 through March 1881. Commercial vessels include barks, brigs, schooners, and sloops. The pages are stitched into a canvas cover, possible sailcloth, to create the bound volume.

The plans range in date from 1907 to 1960. They include original drawings by Mr. Vaitses and plans he collected of other designers, as well as a small group of Hickman Sea Sled plans dated from 1945 to 1848.

These drawings, created and collected by Mr. Warner, range in date from the 1890's to the 1970's and include yachts in power and sail, commercial fishermen, and other working vessels. Designs for two vessels, Typhoon and Little Gull are restricted to historical research only.

This is the most comprehensive collection of the extant plans of J. Murray Watts' designs. A fire in his office destroyed many plans; after Mr. Watts death, surviving plans were transferred to Carter & Wittholtz and later divided between the two partners. Charles W. Wittholz donated these plans to Mystic Seaport. This collection includes drawings in sail and power yachts and commercial carriers and fisherman.

Bound volume includes the sail plans for yachts, commercial cargo vessels, and commercial fisherman. Brigs, barks, sloops, schooners, catboat-rigged vessels, and one steamship are depicted.