Claude W. Somers (skipjack) explained
| -- age of sail --> | +Claude W. Somers| Ship Image: | Claud W. Somers at Reedville.jpg | | Ship Caption: | Docking at Reedville next to another boat |
| Ship Builder: | W. Thomas Young | | Ship Launched: | 1911 |
| Ship Length: | 42inchesft6inchesin (ftin) | | Ship Beam: | 14feet | | Ship Depth: | 3feet |
| Embed: | yes | | Claude W. Somers | | Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register | | Designated Other1 Date: | March 16, 2005[1] | | Designated Other1 Number: | 066-5049 | | Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom | | Coordinates: | 37.8436°N -76.2767°W | | Map Width: | 300 | | Built: | 1911 | | Added: | 16 May 1985 (MD), 7 October 2005 (VA) | | Mpsub: | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[2] | | Refnum: | 85001085 (MD), 05000526(VA) |
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Claud W. Somers is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1911 in Young's Creek, Virginia, by W. Thomas Young of Parksley, who also built Bernice J.. She is ported at the Reedville Fisherman's Museum in Reedville, Virginia. In 1977 Claude W. Somers was struck by a squall near Hooper Strait Light, leaving six drowned, including her owner-captain.[3] [4]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland in 1985 and in Virginia in 2005. She is an exhibit at the Reedville Fishermen's Museum in Reedville, Virginia.[5] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 55.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . 5 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm . 21 September 2013 .
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000307}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet]. pdf . Hayward . Mary Ellen . December 1984 . . 2012-10-24.
- Web site: [{{MHT url|id=864}} Claude W. Somers]. 2008-06-14. Maryland Historical Trust. 2012-10-26.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Claude W. Somers. pdf . Wendell G. . Haynie . Jean . McRae . August 2005 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
Web site: National Register Nomination: Claud Somers Skipjack, Northumberland County . Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
- Web site: The Claud W. Somers. Reedville Fishermen's Museum. 15 April 2018.
- Web site: Miller . Cyndy Carrington . Skipjacks by dredge number . The Last Skipjacks Project . 21 March 2022.
