. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. Taking-off the hull lines of Continental gondola Philadelphia, in order to make a lines drawing, is a step in the process of preserving this famous vessel and building a model of it. Exhibits specialist Howard P. Hoffman of tlie clivison of naval his- tory conducted an exhaustive survey of the Continental gondola Phila- delphia, preparing- detailed plans of the vessel and her armament as the basis for construction of a large-scale model. He also conducted extended research on David Bushnell's submarine Turtle, draug
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. Taking-off the hull lines of Continental gondola Philadelphia, in order to make a lines drawing, is a step in the process of preserving this famous vessel and building a model of it. Exhibits specialist Howard P. Hoffman of tlie clivison of naval his- tory conducted an exhaustive survey of the Continental gondola Phila- delphia, preparing- detailed plans of the vessel and her armament as the basis for construction of a large-scale model. He also conducted extended research on David Bushnell's submarine Turtle, draughting plans for a longitudinal-section model of that early submersible. Alan B, Albright, museum specialist, completed a paper on the preservation of organic materials recovered from underwater sites; publication is expected during the year. In July and August, Chairman Peterson and museum specialist Albright investigated two underwater sites in Bermuda through the cooperation of Mr. E. B. Tucker and the Government of Bermuda. During the diving season of 1964, a full-scale expedition will be mounted to be financed by two generous supporters of the underwater program. This expedition will investigate thoroughly the early Span- ish wreck site which was given a preliminary investigation last year. This site, believed to date from the 1560"s contains large portions of tlie ship's bottom timbers. Special measuring devices designed by Howard P. Hoffman and James Mahoney of the museum staff, modi- fied and built by William Sonntag of the buildings management de- partment, are expected to give accurate measurements of these early timber remains. The resulting drawings should be of importance to historians of naval Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Was
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