Claude W. Somers (skipjack)
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| History | |
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| Builder: | W. Thomas Young |
| Launched: | 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6 NRT |
| Length: | 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Depth: | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
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Claude W. Somers
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| Location | 504 Main St., Reedville, Virginia |
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| Built | 1911 |
| Architectural style | Other |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1] |
| NRHP Reference # | 85001085 (MD), 05000526(VA) |
| VLR # | 066-5049 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 16 May 1985 (MD), 7 October 2005 (VA)[3] |
| Designated VLR | March 16, 2005[2] |
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.[4][5]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland in 1985 and in Virginia in 2005.[3]
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Categories:
- Ships in Talbot County, Maryland
- Skipjacks
- Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- 1911 ships
- Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia
- Maritime incidents in 1977
- Talbot County, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Northumberland County, Virginia geography stubs
