JW Westcott II - Floating Post Office model in 1:35 scale

JW Westcott II Kit: Historic Reproduction of the Detroit Mail Boat

JW Westcott II - Detailed Kit with Wooden Hull and Reproduced Diesel Engine

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MODEDL EXPO NAUTICURSO - J.W.WESTCOTT II - MARINE POST OFFICE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, 48222

Scale 1:35

Length: 15-3/4" (40 cm)
Width: 5" (12.7 cm)
Height: 7-1/2" (19 cm)


JW Westcott II is a boat known for delivering its mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and is the only mobile zip code in the United States.

HISTORY


The Westcott Company was founded in 1874 by Captain John Ward Westcott, who transported supplies (and in 1895, mail) to passing ships via rowboats. In 1949, the company commissionò to Paasch Marine Service of Erie, Pennsylvania, the J.W. building. Westcott II, so named in honor of company founder Westcott. The ship is 45 feet (14 m) long and has a beam of 13 feet (4.0 m). A single screw is powered by a 305 horsepower (227 kW) marine diesel engine. The speed of the boat is estimated at 15 knots. Any mail addressed to ship crew members on vessels transiting the Detroit River may be delivered to them by JW Westcott II at "Vessel Name, Marine Post Office, Detroit, Michigan, 48222." The US zip code 48222 is exclusive to the floating post office and its shipping recipients; as of 2016, the boat has a contract with the United States Postal Service through 2021. The mail is delivered to the appropriate vessels (mostly lake freighters) as they transit the Detroit River, using ropes and buckets. On 23 October 2001, JW Westcott II sank in the deep waters beneath the Ambassador Bridge while in the wake of the Norwegian tanker MT Sidsel Knutsen. The captain and another crew member were killed; the two passengers, both pilots, were rescued. JW Westcott II is was subsequently recovered, renovated and put back into service.


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