A Model Of The Steam Yacht CORSAIR (IV)

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

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A Model Of The Steam Yacht CORSAIR (IV)
Anonymous; American, 20th century.
A large scale model of this, the last, of J.P. Morgan's steam yachts. The model is built up from the solid with black painted topsides, dark red bottom, green waterline and a gold cove stripe. The model has a mahogany planked deck and is fitted with numerous details which include: jackstaff, bollards, ventilators, anchors, chocks, companionways, cabins and superstructures, bridge with binnacle and engine telegraphs, skylights, deck railings, benches, wheel, flagstaff, funnel painted buff color, gangway, six ships boats and launches rigged on davits, masts, and many other details. The model is mounted on a pair of brass pedestals, and displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base and frame, on a mahogany stand.
103½ x 24½ x 79¼ in. (262.8 x 62.2 x 200.8 cm.) cased dimensions on stand. (2)

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Corsair IV was built by Bath Iron Works in 1930, the fourth of the great family of Corsairs, it replaced Corsair (3rd) after 31 years of service. Originally owned by J.P. Morgan she was the crown at the end of the steam yacht era. After only ten years of use she was turned over to the British Navy for service during World War II. After the War she was completely overhauled and fitted out as a deluxe cruise ship for service on the West Coast. She was wrecked off Acapulco in 1949 and beached outside that harbor.