Ranger 1937 Half Model

William Starling Burgess was 58 years old when Mike Vanderbilt asked him to join forces with the young rising star of American naval architecture, Olin Stephens, aged 28. Of a common agreement, the two men each made drawings, the models of which were tested at Hoboken.

The contract between the two men stipulates that the name of the architect of the defender chosen to remain secret with the merit of the final product being attributed to both of them. The first tank tests were carried out with models of Weetamoe, Rainbow and Endeavour. They finally agreed on the model 77C of their designs,...