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By 141k USS Macedonian laden with provisions for the Irish during the famine of the 1840s. wood engraving print, 1847 "Illustrated London News" Tommy Trampp 138k USS Macedonian line drawing and rigging plan, on waxed linen, circa 1851-1852, 36 x 25 ¾ in. Razee a Spar Deck Ship written in different hand than plan designs hand and initials. Macedonian was converted from a 36-gun frigate into a 20-gun sloop-of-war razee, (from the French raser, to shave) a warship that has been lowered in height by removing the spar (main) deck. The vessels sails were also enlarged in the process. The changes made the ship faster and lighter, but both alterations required new standing (support) rigging, and hull reinforcements. Tommy Trampp 196k USS Macedonian as US Naval Academy practice ship at Newport, R.I., around 1864-65.
US Navy photo and text from "Warships of The Civil War Navies" by Paul H. Silverstone. Robert Hurst 174k USS Macedonian possibly when she served as school and practice ship for midshipmen at the Naval Academy, first at Newport, R.I., then, after the Civil War, at Annapolis, MD.
Library of Congress; Lot 4182, no. 10 Mike Green 413k USS Macedonian at anchor circa 1861-1865, location unknown.
Library of Congress; LC-B8184-5080 Mike Green
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