Photograph

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2011.0004.215

Tags

Verify Paperwork, Update Storage Location, Review, Locate

Description

The "W. L. Messick" built in 1911 in Norfolk VA for Messick and Gunby factory in Irvington VA. Sold to Bellows and Squires, later transferred to U.S. Navy in 1917 and served as a mine sweeper around the Virginia Capes. Also fished for J. Howard Smith Co. and Fish Products Co Lewes DE. Again used by U.S. Navy in 1943 and stationed in San Juan Puerto Rico and used for patrol duty.

Collection

Menhaden Fishing Vessels