Katherine M. Lee (schooner) explained

KATHERINE M. LEE (Schooner)
Location:Fox's Dock at Front and Lombard Sts., Leipsic, Delaware
Coordinates:39.2419°N -75.5142°W
Builder:Parsons Bill Boats
Added:April 25, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83001375

The Katherine M. Lee is a sail-powered oyster schooner, built in 1912 at Greenwich, New Jersey. She is 85adj=midNaNadj=mid and all the framing is of whiteoak. The rigging was removed in the 1940s, when the vessel was converted to diesel power. She is maintained and used for oyster dredging on the waters of the Delaware Bay.[1]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

A similar oyster dredging schooner, the Maggie S. Myers which is also listed on the NRHP, was also docked near Front and Lombard streets in Leipsic, Delaware.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83001375}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Katherine M. Lee]. Stephen Del Sordo. November 1980. National Park Service. etal. and