We have recently put on display the latest masterwork of museum volunteer Bob Comet, the steel hulled patrol gunboat USS Nashville (PG-7). Bob spent several hundred hours planning, research, and building the model. He included several little details on the ship such as models of the ship's company and the ship's two mascots.
Launched in the early 1890s, Nashville was the first ever warship built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry-dock Company. This warship filled a critical gap in the Navy's need for vessels capable of patrolling coastal areas and rivers. She served in every major and many of the minor conflicts of the United States between 1893 and 1920s including the Spanish-American War, the Filipino Insurrection, and World War I.
Bob has built several other models for the museum and is currently working on a model of the War of 1812 brig Niagara. He can be seen at work in the museum's gallery most Tuesdays.
4 comments:
Beautiful build! I'd love to see more pictures.
@arp1757
It has been over 10 years. I hope this message reaches you and finds you well. Bob was a member of our ship model club, and we have several images of this wonderful model on our website. I hope you enjoy them.
@arp1757
It has been over 10 years. I hope this message reaches you and finds you well. Bob was a member of our ship model club, and we have several images of this wonderful model on our website. I hope you enjoy them.
Thank you, Bob Comet for your master work. My great grandfather served aboard the USS Nashville as a bluejacket from July 1899 to July 1900 when the Nashville was stationed in the Philippines during the Philippine Insurrection and was later deployed off the coast of China during the Boxer Rebellion. Your model allowed me to have a much greater connection to the ship that he served.
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