Bernice J.

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]

*Bernice J.*
History

Builder	W. Thomas Young
Launched	1904
General characteristics
Tonnage	8 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	58 ft (18 m) LOA
Beam	15 ft (4.6 m)
Depth	3.3 ft (1.0 m)

Bernice J. (skipjack)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Town Dock, Chestertown, Maryland
Coordinates	39°12′24″N 76°3′48″W
Built	1904
Architect	Young, W. Thomas
Architectural style	Skipjack
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1]
NRHP reference No.	85001946[2]
Added to NRHP	5 September 1985

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

References

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.
"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
"Bernice J. (skipjack)". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2008-06-14.

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