by Tom Burns » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:14 pm
Hi Christian,
The NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) facility in College Park, Maryland has hard copy drawings of MCCULLOCH and many other U.S. revenue service/coast guard vessels. These can be accessed in the Cartographic and Architectural Research Room, and the staff can make full sheet copies. If you don�t live nearby, there are a number of professional researchers online who can pull any drawings you need and make copies for you.
That said, I happen to have digital photos of the following drawings for MCCULLOCH from a research trip a few years ago:
� �Docking Plan� (includes molded hull offsets at various stations)
� �Profile Inboard & Main Deck�
� �Profile Outboard�
� �Poop, Forecastle, Bridges, & Boat Stowage�
These were done by using a tripod and capturing each sheet in sections. I would be happy to share the photos, but they will require a bit of work to be useful. You will need software tools to first remove the lens distortion (to flatten the image) and then stitch them together. If you are interested, contact me by PM.
Cheers,
Tom
Hi Christian,
The NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) facility in College Park, Maryland has hard copy drawings of MCCULLOCH and many other U.S. revenue service/coast guard vessels. These can be accessed in the Cartographic and Architectural Research Room, and the staff can make full sheet copies. If you don�t live nearby, there are a number of professional researchers online who can pull any drawings you need and make copies for you.
That said, I happen to have digital photos of the following drawings for MCCULLOCH from a research trip a few years ago:
� �Docking Plan� (includes molded hull offsets at various stations)
� �Profile Inboard & Main Deck�
� �Profile Outboard�
� �Poop, Forecastle, Bridges, & Boat Stowage�
These were done by using a tripod and capturing each sheet in sections. I would be happy to share the photos, but they will require a bit of work to be useful. You will need software tools to first remove the lens distortion (to flatten the image) and then stitch them together. If you are interested, contact me by PM.
Cheers,
Tom