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2011.0004.222Tags
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The "Walter Adams" was built in 1890 in Noank, CT for Seaboard Fisheries, NY. It was later owned by Rish Products Co., Wilmington NC.
In 1894, she caught over a million fish in three days. She was chartered by the Navy in 1918, classified as a mine sweeper (SP 400), then returned to her owner in NC.Collection
Menhaden Fishing Vessels