Alert Model Ship Kit American Schooner – Mamoli (MV55)

The Alert American Schooner Model Ship Kit is manufactured by Mamoli Model Ship Kits & Mamoli Model Boat Kits. Mamoli focuses on historical accuracy and fidelity of scale. Mamoli wooden model ship kits offer a large variety of subject matter to please almost everyone. The materials used in their wooden model ship kits are always first class and the plans are highly detailed.

History of the Alert American Schooner

Commissioned in 1818, the ALERT – American Schooner was pressed into privateer service for action against smugglers along the American coast. Her sleek hull and large sail area made for great speed and agility on the high seas. Equipped with a main cannon that rotated 360 degrees, she was able to target the enemy advancing from any direction without changing course. She was decommissioned (possibly sold) in 1829 and taken off the U.S. Coast Guard’s list of active ships.