Bernice_J._(skipjack)

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Bernice J. is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 in Young's Creek, Virginia, by W. Thomas Young of Parksley, who also built Claude W. Somers. She is a 42-foot-long (13 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop, commonly referred to as a skipjack. She worked dredging oysters through the 1970s. She is located at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.[3]

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

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  1. [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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Bernice J. (skipjack)". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-06-14.


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