Clarence Crockett (skipjack)

Clarence Crockett

History
Launched:	1908
General characteristics
Tonnage:	7 NRT
Length:	44.6 ft (13.6 m)
Beam:	14.7 ft (4.5 m)
Depth:	3.0 ft (0.91 m)
Clarence Crockett
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lower Thorofare, Wenona, Maryland
Coordinates	38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°WCoordinates: 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W
Built	1908
Architectural style	Skipjack
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1]
NRHP Reference #	85001079[2]
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.^[3]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[2]

References

1. Hayward, Mary Ellen, Dr (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chessapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. Anne Witty and M.E. Hayward (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clarence Crockett (skipjack)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

• Clarence Crockett (skipjack), Somerset County, including photo from 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust