Here's Saga, designed and built by Wheeler Shipyard in 1935. She is 69' x 13'5" and original power was twin 750HP V-12 Packards. These were later replaced with V-12 Wright Typhoons of 600 HP each. Engines were aft and ran through vee-drives.
Prior to finalizing the Liberty design, Sonny Hodgdon built a full model which we tested in the towing tank at Webb Institute on Long Island. The model had the spine down the center of the stern, as Saga. Nobody liked it so we had Sonny plane it off, and now everybody assumes Liberty is related to Aphrodite.
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