A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (II)

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A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (II)
a solid hull model with painted black topsides, green bottom, a gold waterline, and a gold cove stripe. The deck is planked in mahogany and is fitted with numerous details which include: jackstaff, anchor davits, anchors, anchor windlass, bollards, deck plates, skylights, cabin structures, search lights, deck railings, ship's wheel, binnacles, engine telegraphs, ladders, ventilators, funnel, signal cannons, five ship's boats on davits, docking wheel, flagstaff, propeller, and many other details. Displayed on two brass pedestals within a mahogany framed glass case and matching stand
58 x 52 in. (147.3 x 133.3 cm.) on stand (2)

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Built for J. Pierpont Morgan in 1890, Corsair (II) served as flagship during his reign as Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. In April 1898, Morgan sold her to the U.S. Navy for $225,000. The Navy converted her to a dispatch vessel and patrol gunboat, and named her U.S.S. Gloucester. She was sold out of the Navy in 1919 and into commercial service. Corsair II was destroyed in a hurricane at Pensacola, Florida.

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