- Claude W. Somers (skipjack)
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CLAUDE W. SOMERS
Location: Claiborne, Maryland Coordinates: 38°50′11″N 76°16′51″W / 38.83639°N 76.28083°WCoordinates: 38°50′11″N 76°16′51″W / 38.83639°N 76.28083°W Built: 1911 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Other Governing body: Private MPS: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR NRHP Reference#: 85001085 Added to NRHP: May 16, 1985[1] The Claude W. Somers is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1911 in Young's Creek, Virginia, by W. Thomas Young of Parksley, who also built the Bernice J.. She is presently ported at Claiborne, Maryland. In 1977 the Somers was struck by a squall near Hooper Strait Light, leaving six drowned, including her owner-captain. [2]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". CLAUDE W. SOMERS. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=864&FROM=NRMapTA.html.
External links
- CLAUDE W. SOMERS, Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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