"Sheer Plan of a Ten-Oared Lifeboat. the 33-feet, double-banked, ten-oared, self-righting, and self-emptying lifeboat of the institution on its transporting carriage, ready for launching." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Lifeboat

"Sheer Plan of a Ten-Oared Lifeboat. the 33-feet, double-banked, ten-oared, self-righting, and self-emptying…

The sheer plan of the U.S.S. Columbia.

U.S.S. Columbia

The sheer plan of the U.S.S. Columbia.

The sheer plan of the U.S.S. Iowa.

U.S.S. Iowa

The sheer plan of the U.S.S. Iowa.