Clarence Crockett

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]

Clarence Crockett
History
Launched1908
General characteristics
Tonnage7 NRT
Length44.6 ft (13.6 m)
Beam14.7 ft (4.5 m)
Depth3.0 ft (0.91 m)
Clarence Crockett
LocationLower Thorofare, Wenona, Maryland
Coordinates38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W
Built1908
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1]
NRHP reference No.85001079[2]
Added to NRHP16 May 1985

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[2] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 48.[4]

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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  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.
  4. Miller, Cyndy Carrington. "Skipjacks by dredge number". The Last Skipjacks Project. Retrieved 21 March 2022.


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