Clarence Crockett Explained
| -- age of sail --> | +Clarence Crockett| Ship Length: | 44.6feet | | Ship Beam: | 14.7feet | | Ship Depth: | 3feet |
| Embed: | yes | | Clarence Crockett | | Location: | Lower Thorofare, Wenona, Maryland | | Coordinates: | 38.1281°N -75.9483°W | | Map Width: | 300 | | Built: | 1908 | | Architecture: | Skipjack | | Added: | 16 May 1985 | | Mpsub: | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1] | | Refnum: | 85001079 |
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Clarence Crockett is a
Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1908 at
Deep Creek, Virginia. She is a 44.6adj=midNaNadj=mid two-sail
bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of and a depth of with a net registered tonnage of 7. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. She is located at
Wenona,
Somerset County, Maryland.
[2] She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 48.[3]
External links
- , including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
Notes and References
- 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 .
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clarence Crockett (skipjack). May 1984. 2016-03-01 . Anne Witty and M.E. Hayward. Maryland Historical Trust.
- Web site: Miller . Cyndy Carrington . Skipjacks by dredge number . The Last Skipjacks Project . 21 March 2022.
