Description:

The protected cruiser USS Newark C-1 was the first modern cruiser of the U.S. Fleet.
It was steampowered by two 8,500 IHP triple expansion engines.
But it also had full sails (maybe for longer trips because of small coal capacity or so).
It was commissioned 1891 and decommissioned 1913.

This model is something like a reconstruction. It is built from a few old photographs only. I had no plans available. Because the photographs did not cover every part of the ship there may be differences between the model and the historical ship. So I can not guarantee the models authenticity!

* The models true polycount is only about 395,000 but it will rise up to 1,600,000 while rendering because of the 3,200 spline segments that will be handled as polygons then!

You will find more detailed views and work in progress images at:
http://www.3dm3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3712

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Keywords:

military, ship, warship, battleship, protected, cruiser

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