"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message
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Can someone offer other examples, particularly from a different
time period and/or a different sized ship? That would be
most helpful.



J. Richard Steffy, Wooden Shipbuilding and the Interpetation of
Shipwrecks, Texas A&M University Press, 1994.

While doing a little research thus lunchtime I came across the
following site which has some interesting data regarding the
early USN

http://www.iment.com/maida/familytre...psonletter.htm

No construction costs I'm afraid but some information
on running costs

Keith