The following item is available to a non-profit institution.  Receiver pays

shipping costs.



Please contact me directly (not to list) if you have any questions or would

like an image.



SAFR 12776, Model, U.S. Navy Man-of-war MARION, in wood and glass case



Description:  Wooden model in wood and glass case of steamer man-of-war

MARION, with 3-masted bark rig.  Black hull, red below waterline.  Buff

stack, single prop, 7 gunports each side of gun deck.  Wheeled guns on main

deck.  Seven lifeboats.



Manufacture date:  Unknown, pre-dates 1947.



Dimensions:  L 88”, W 29 ½”, H 49” (case)



Materials:  Wood, cord, glass, metal



Condition:  Fair.  Much lead disease.  Some lifeboats have fallen, others

are loose.



Notes:  Donated by Admiral George W. Bauer to the Museum of Science and

Industry, Feb 1951, and subsequently became part of the SFMM “core”

collection.  It is described in the SFMM book as a “sailor’s model.”  The

model was on display at the Treasure Island Museum for many years and was

returned in 1993.  The following are excerpts from the Dictionary of

American Naval Fighting Ships about the vessel itself:



“Marion, a sloop-of-war of the fourth rate, was launched at the Boston Navy

Yard 24 April 1839. On 10 November 1839, she departed Boston on her first

cruise, to Brazil. Sunk when heaved down in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro

early in 1842, she was raised and sailed back to Boston, arriving in May.



“In ordinary at Portsmouth, N.H., when the Civil War broke out, Marion

recommissioned, 21 June 1861, and on 14 July sailed in search of the

Confederate cruiser Jeff Davis. In September, she joined the Gulf

Blockading Squadron, participating in the capture of Ship Island on the

16th. She remained on the gulf coast until May 1862, when she was ordered

to Boston for repairs. Back in service by 24 July, she sailed south to

Annapolis where she was employed as a practice ship for midshipmen until

1870. In 1871, she entered the Portsmouth Navy Yard, decommissioned and was

rebuilt as a third rate screw steamer:



“Recommissioned 12 January 1876, she cruised on the European and South

Atlantic stations until December 1882, when she returned to Portsmouth. In

1885, she was ordered to the Pacific, where she was employed on the Asiatic

station until 1890. She then returned to the United States, served briefly

in the Bering Sea on duty connected with the seal fisheries, and, in late

1891, resumed operations with the Asiatic Squadron. Assigned to the Pacific

station in 1895, she cruised along the west coast of the Americas and

amongst the Hawaiian Islands until 11 December 1897, when she

decommissioned at Mare Island, Calif. Subsequently transferred to the

custody of the State of California, she was employed as a training ship for

that State Naval Militia until 1907. On 14 March 1907, she was struck from

the Navy list and sold, 24 July, to C. E. Boudrow, San Francisco.”

---------------------------------

Keri Koehler

Supervisory Collections Manager

Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Fort Mason, Building E

San Francisco, CA 94123-1314

Phone:  415-561-7042

Fax:  415-556-3540

Email:  [log in to unmask]