Bernice J. is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 in Young's Creek, Virginia, by W. Thomas Young of Parksley, who also built Claude W. Somers. She is a 42-foot-long (13 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She worked dredging oysters through the 1970s. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[3]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Builder | W. Thomas Young |
| Launched | 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 58 ft (18 m) LOA |
| Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Depth | 3.3 ft (1.0 m) |
Bernice J. (skipjack) | |
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| Location | Town Dock, Chestertown, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°12′24″N 76°3′48″W / 39.20667°N 76.06333°W |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architect | Young, W. Thomas |
| Architectural style | Skipjack |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001946[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 5 September 1985 |
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
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Hayward, Mary Ellen, Dr (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chessapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bernice J. (skipjack)". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-06-14.