Name/Title
Jacob Pike | Craig LittleDescription
Artist: Craig Little
Medium: Wood
Old Accession Number: 77
Description:
Model of Sardine Carrier
Documentation Certificate of Ownership on file.
Length: 83 feet
Breadth: 17 feet
Depth: 8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 60
Scale: 1/24th
Date Completed: October 29, 2011
SARDINE CARRIER, JACOB PIKE! Model in our collections of the wooden sardine carrier, Jacob Pike. The model was made by the late Craig Little of Calais, Maine in 2011. It is one of three models made by Little in our collections of working fishing vessels of this region. The model of the Jacob Pike is at 1/24th scale and is 41 1/2 inches long. The original full size Jacob Pike was 83 feet in length, 17 feet in breadth and 8 feet in depth with a gross tonnage of 60. The Jacob Pike was built in 1948 by Newbert and Wallace of Thomaston, Maine for Mose Pike of Lubec, Maine who owned and ran the Holmes sardine packing company.
The wooden sardine carrier "Jacob Pike" was built for Moses Bernard Pike (1897-1989) of Lubec, owner of Holmes Packing Company, Eastport. He named it for his father, Jacob Clark Pike (1854-1928), a one-time sea captain who became a major sardine businessman in Lubec. The 85-foot ship with 17-foot beam could carry over 60 tons of refrigerated herring, leaving one foot of freeboard but contributing to stability in rough seas. Built in 1948 by Newbert and Wallace in Thomaston, she served until Holmes went out of business in 1997. Widely respected for her efficiency and fine lines, since 2009 she rests at the Penobscot Marine Museum.