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Clarence Crockett (skipjack)

Clarence Crockett
History
Launched: 1908
General characteristics
Tonnage: NRT
Length: 44.6 ft (13.6 m)
Beam: 14.7 ft (4.5 m)
Depth: 3.0 ft (0.91 m)
Clarence Crockett
Clarence Crockett (skipjack) is located in Maryland
Clarence Crockett (skipjack)
Location Lower Thorofare, Wenona, Maryland
Coordinates 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W / 38.12806; -75.94833Coordinates: 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W / 38.12806; -75.94833
Built 1908
Architectural style Skipjack
MPS Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP Reference # 85001079
Added to NRHP 16 May 1985

Clarence Crockett is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1908 at Deep Creek, Virginia. She is a 44.6-foot-long (13.6 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 14.7 feet (4.5 m) and a depth of 3.0 feet (0.91 m) 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.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.



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