By the mid to late 1770’s American shipyards had begun turning out major warships instead of smaller vessels primarily geared toward traveling the coasts, rivers, and tidal estuaries of the Atlantic seaboard. It was also an innovative and experimental time, as American shipbuilders differentiated themselves from British shipbuilders. In particular, American ships tended to be larger than their European counterparts.

In December of 2015 a friend and fellow ship builder, Augie Bruno, passed away. When his lovely wife Diane reach out to our Model Ship Forum to see if someone could finish Augie’s work I was contacted. Mostly because of proximity – Augie’s home is just a half hour os so from mine – I was asked to take over.  I humbly agreed. This is a continuation of Augie’s build of the US Frigate Confederacy of 1778.