| Singularly enough a part of it was used for the sternpost of the frigate Essex. |
| Built for length on deck, there was no necessity for shortening up the water-line, and her sternpost had no very great rake. |
| The man is nearly swept off of the deck where he had been standing but gets wedged in between the sternpost and the rudder. |
| Outside, copper shows wear and tear more quickly near the stem and sternpost and along the water-line. |
| The sternpost was a high vertical slat with openwork scrolls and a small figure seated at the foot. |
| The after-body is generally whale-shaped, with the sternpost at a somewhat less angle than the stem. |
