USS Pennsylvania (1837)-Kitbash WIP

[Nightmoss]

I would--we're looking at a hard cutoff of 1815 per Andrea A. and Roberto, and only three American SOL's were launched before that: Revolution-era America, gifted to France and soon dismantled, and 1814 sisters Independence and Washington, a pair of 190' super-74s.

Frankly, I'd bet on 1817 HMS Trincomalee before USS Pennsylvania--the USN was a statistical minority of both the hulls and tonnage of the world's warships of the time, and while Trincomalee is post-cutoff she also still exists today as a museum.

As modelers and modders I don't think we necessarily have to cut off the ships at 1815? The US was a minority player for sure, but if I'm going to kitbash a ship I'll choose this:

USS Vermont


Over this:

USS Independence