F.D. Crockett | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 21, 2012[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 059-5013 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 287 Jackson Creek Rd. (Deltaville Maritime Museum), near Deltaville, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.5528°N -76.3267°W |
Built: | c. |
Builder: | Alexander Gaines |
Added: | August 22, 2012 |
Refnum: | 12000544[2] |
F.D. Crockett is a Poquoson-style Chesapeake Bay log-built oyster buy-boat, built in 1924 in Seaford, Virginia, by Alexander Gaines. The length of the boat is 62.8feet overall, 55.8 foot keel length, with a beam of 15.7 feet and draft of 4.6 feet. The gross tonnage is 28, net tonnage 16. The F.D. Crockett was built primarily for freight hauling and the buying and transporting of produce. She is ported at the Deltaville Maritime Museum near Deltaville, Virginia. She is on display for educational purposes and travels the Chesapeake Bay as an ambassador for the museum.[3]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.