James A. Whiting

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Type: Pungy

Year: 1871

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1	No image URL.							James A. Whiting	P0001.011/01-1594
	2								NOTES: The pungy, JAS. A. WHITING, was built in Somerset County, Maryland, in 1871. Pungies were keel vessels, the only class of Chesapeake sailing craft so built. Noted for their speed, the pungies are said to be direct descendants of the fleet Baltimore Clippers. The WHITING was owned for many years at Walnut Point, Coan River, Virginia. About 1936, she was abandoned at that point. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: JAMES A. WHITING VESSEL TYPE: CHESAPEAKE SAILING CRAFT SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND VESSEL BUILT: 1871 VESSEL HISTORY: The WHITING was owned for many years at Walnut Point, Coan River, Virginia. About 1936, she was abandoned at that point. Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 x 6.3	CL12482
	3	No image URL.							JAMES A. WHITING	CL24241
	4		1932				James A. Whiting, built 1871 at Somerset, Maryland.		Photo was taken off Walnut Point, Point Lookout, Maryland.	P0001.011/01-#PK0865
	5							Pungy (Schooner).	Broadside view of the vessel at anchor at a pier. A few men are aboard. Behind them on the pier are stacks of lumber.	P0001.011/02-APK14#048
	6		1934			USA; MARYLAND	WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1971, AT SOMSERSET, MARYLAND. OWNED BY A.J. LEWIS. 35T, 61 X 20.6 X 6.3 . ABANDONED AT WALNUT POINT, VIRGINIA. BOWSPRIT OF TWO MASTED SCHOONER MATILDA MAY BE SEEN IN LOWER LEFT.		CURATOTR NOTES:	P0001.011/01-#PK0867
	7								VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: JAMES A. WHITING VESSEL TYPE: CHESAPEAKE SAILING CRAFT SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND VESSEL BUILT: 1871-1936 VESSEL HISTORY: The WHITING was owned for many years at Walnut Point, Coan River, Virginia. About 1936, she was abandoned at that point. Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 x 6.3	CL20453
	8		1932			USA; MARYLAND	WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1971, AT SOMSERSET, MARYLAND. OWNED BY A.J. LEWIS. 35T, 61 X 20.6 X 6.3 . OF WALNUT POINT, VIRGINIA OFF POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND 1932		Off Walnut Point, Off Point Lookout, Maryland.	P0001.011/01-#PK0866
	9		1936			USA; MARYLAND	WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1971, AT SOMSERST,MARYLAND. OWNED BY A.J. LEWIS. 35T, 61 X 20.6 X 6.3 . HULK OF PUNGY AT WALNUT POINT, VIRGINIA.		JAMES A. WHITING (PUNGY 1871)	P0001.011/01-#PK0868
	10								SHORT DESCRIPTION: Board tapered, slightly curved. Incised lettering on raised panel with scrollwork at both ends. Beveled edge around panel, incised with large and small notches, letters, scrolls and border yellow, letter panel very dark gray-green; border notches red ground at ends, medium green. LABEL COPY: TRAIL BOARD OF THE JAMES A. WHITING The JAMES A WHITING was a Chesapeake Bay pungy built in 1871. 171, American Donated by Sea Scouts Ship 322 ON 25 LABEL COPY: Trailboard, 1871 Pungy, JAMES A. WHITING (1871-1936) Gift of Sea Scouts Ship 322, Washington, D.C. 43.19 ON 25 VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: JAMES A. WHITING SERVICE DATES: 1871-1936 OFFICIAL REGISTER NO. 75326 BUILDER LOCATION: SOMERSET COUNTY, MARYLAND VESSEL HISTORY: The pungy, JAS. A. WHITING, was built in Somerset County, Maryland, in 1871. Pungies were keel vessels, the only class of Chesapeake sailing craft so built. Noted for their speed, the pungies are said to be direct descendants of the fleet Baltimore Clippers. The WHITING was owned for many years at Walnut Point, Coan River, Virginia. About 1936, she was abandoned at that point. Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 x 6.3	CL3990