Bernice J. Explained

-- commercial vessels --> Ship Builder: W. Thomas Young Ship Launched: 1904 Ship Length: 58feet LOA Ship Beam: 15feet Ship Depth: 3.3feet Embed: yes Bernice J. (skipjack) Location: Town Dock, Chestertown, Maryland Coordinates: 39.2067°N -76.0633°W Map Width: 300 Built: 1904 Architect: Young, W. Thomas Architecture: Skipjack Added: 5 September 1985 Mpsub: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR^[1] Refnum: 85001946

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 42adj=midNaNadj=mid 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.^[2] She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000307}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chessapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet ]. pdf . Hayward . Mary Ellen, Dr . December 1984 . . 2012-10-24 .
2. Web site: [{{MHT url|id=896}} Bernice J. (skipjack) ]. 2008-06-14 . Maryland Historical Trust.