Left alone for years at the beginning of the 19th Century, French soldiers taken captive during the Napoleonic Wars found an unusually hobby — fashioning ornate replicas of British ships, out of beef ...

The USS Niagara sat at rest Wednesday, its rigging set to sail to starboard and its long guns, cannons and carronades in position for battle. Or rather, they would have been had the brig been about 64 ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A historic battleship model that was stolen in March has been found, but in several pieces. The model of the USS Missouri was owned by Rick Piper and built by model-maker Robert ...

STURGIS | During World War II, the battleship USS South Dakota sailed hundreds of thousands of miles, seeing combat in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In November, a five-foot scale model of the ...

A hefty slice of U.S. Naval history has arrived in the City of Brotherly Love via the South Carolina Lowcountry, after a brief stop in New Jersey. A 600-pound, Navy-made brass model of the famed ...

For 32 years, a 10-foot model of the battleship USS Louisiana has been taking shape — slowly, painstakingly — in Dr. Ron Kennedy's Baton Rouge workshop. Now, in time to celebrate 100 years since World ...

John McElwee of Syosset with his model of a 2,000 year-old fishing boat. (Photo by Chris Boyle) The Long Island Ship Model Society has been around since 1966 and works diligently to preserve an art ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model represents one of the ...