From volume 1 of Plans of wooden vessels selected as types : from one hundred and fifty of various kinds and descriptions, from a fishing smack to the largest clipper ships and vessels of war, both sail and steam, built by Wm. H. Webb, in the City of New York, from the year 1840 to the year 1869.
Sheer plan, half-breadth plan
74 guns; built at the U. S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, under the supervision of Isaac Webb, after designs of Henry Eckford. Launched in 1820. Proved an excellent sea-boat and the fastest vessel of this character and class in any Navy up to a later date.
